William C. Sharpe | |
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Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1993) |
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Discipline | Literature,Cultural history |
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William Chapman Sharpe [1] is an American literary scholar. He is a professor of English at Barnard College,Columbia University. [2]
Sharpe received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University and M.A. from the University of Oxford. [2] He joined the faculty of Barnard College in 1983,and his scholarship focuses on the art,culture,and literature of the modern cities,especially New York City. [1] [3] He has written about subjects such as shadows or nighttime environments of cities as depicted in literature and arts as well as a cultural history on walking. [4] [5]
Sharpe received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1993. [6]
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