literary scholar

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If only Freidenberg could have foreseen that, in a distant continent three-quarters of a century later, another literary scholar, like herself, would so ably bring these moving and brilliant notes to light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The fan categorized each passage as “aligned” or “inconsistent,” citing contextual nuance and linguistic patterns like a literary scholar.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025

In 1978, Geoffrey H. Hartman, a literary scholar at Yale, invited Dr. Langer to work on the Fortunoff Video Archive, a new program in which Holocaust scholars spent hours interviewing victims.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

“Her death was a profound shock to everyone in the literary community,” I was told on WhatsApp by Tetyana Ogarkova, a Ukrainian literary scholar and journalist.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

“This is a landmark collection for us, because he is a writer of great stature and literary importance,” said Karen Lawrence, president of the Huntington and herself a literary scholar focused on James Joyce.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022