Philip Beidler
Philip D. Beidler is a professor of American literature at the University of Alabama, and the author and editor of books on Alabama literature, the Vietnam War, and other topics. For his work on Vietnam writers, he has been called "one of the founding fathers of Vietnam War studies."[1]
Biography
Beidler, who is of German and Quaker descent, did his undergraduate at Davidson College,[2] then served as a lieutenant in an armored cavalry platoon in Vietnam.[3][4] He received Master's and Doctoral degrees in English from the University of Virginia.[2] He became a professor at Alabama in the early 1970s, served as director of graduate studies and as assistant dean, and was awarded the 1999 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.[2]
Selected publications
Vietnam literature
- American Literature and the Experience of Vietnam. Athens: U of Georgia P. 1982.[5][6]
- Re-writing America: Vietnam Authors in Their Generation. Athens: U of Georgia P. 1991.[5][7]
- Scriptures for a Generation: What We Were Reading in the '60s. Athens: U of Georgia P. 1994.[8]
- Late Thoughts on an Old War: The Legacy of Vietnam. Athens: U of Georgia P. 2004.
Alabama literature
- The art of fiction in the heart of Dixie: An anthology of Alabama writers. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P. 1986. ISBN 978-0-8173-0313-6.
- Many voices, many rooms: a new anthology of Alabama writers. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P. 1998. ISBN 978-0-8173-0867-4.
References
- ^ Janette, Michele (2002). "What We Talk about When We Talk about War". Contemporary Literature. 43 (4): 784–93. JSTOR 1209042.
- ^ a b c "English Professor Selected for Prestigious Burnum Award". University of Alabama. 6 March 2000. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Different wars, different reactions, Despite unpopularity of Iraq conflict, Americans respect our soldiers - & now even Vietnam vets". Philadelphia Daily News. 30 October 2007. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Stevenson, Tommy (20 January 1991). "UA hosts 'teach in' forum on Desert Storm". Tuscaloosa News. p. 5A. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ a b Chen, Tina (1998). "'Unraveling the Deeper Meaning': Exile and the Embodied Poetics of Displacement in Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried'". Contemporary Literature. 39 (1): 77–98. JSTOR 1208922.
- ^ "'It don't mean nothin': Vietnam War fiction and postmodernism". College Literature. 2003.
- ^ Mitgang, Herbert (24 July 1991). "Books of The Times; Many Visions of the Vietnam War". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Jason, Philip K. (1995). "The Sixties Past and Present". Contemporary Literature. 36 (4): 702–707. JSTOR 1208947.
External links
- Philip Beidler at the Alabama English Department
- An interview with Beidler on Alabama Public Television