Larry H. Peer, Ph.D.

Professor
Comparative Literature
Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature
Brigham Young University

3023 JFSB, P.O. Box 26047, Provo, UT 84602

Phone: 801-422-5529
Fax: 801-422-4649
E-mail: larry_peer@byu.edu

Background

1975 Joined BYU faculty
1970 PhD University of Maryland
1965 MA Brigham Young University
1963 BA Brigham Young University
Also taught at the University of Maryland, University of Georgia, and Miami (Ohio) University.

Interests

Romanticism, Literary Theory.

Courses

Romanticism; Enlightenment; Literature and Cinema; Ulysses Theme; Literature and Critical Thinking.

Selected Publications and Projects

Books

Romanticism Across the Disciplines

Comparative Romanticisms

Inventing the Individual: Romanticism and the Idea of Individualism

The Reasonable Romantic: Essays on Alessandro Manzoni

Beyond Haworth: Essays on the Brontes in European Literature

The Romantic Manifesto

Readings on the Rim (poetry)

Principles and Promises: Stepping Stones to the Kingdom (LDS)

Affiliations

International Conference on Romanticism (Executive Director)
Chi Gamma Lambda (Executive Secretary)
Council of Editors of Learned Journals
American Comparative Literature Association
International Comparative Literature Association
American Society for Aesthetics
Association for Literary Scholars and Critics
Modern Language Association of America
International Byron Society



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