Timothy H. Scherman
Timothy
H.
Scherman
Associate Chair, English Department; Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Professor
English
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5817
Expertise
American Literature and Culture; Literary Theory and Criticism, Material Culture
Courses Taught
ENGL 210: Literary Methods and Practice (WIP)
ENGL 218: Survey of American Literature, Beginnings to 1865
ENGL 219: Survey of American Literature: 1865 to present
ENGL 345: Practical Criticism
ENGL 368: American Realism
ENGL 372: American Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century
ENGL 378: Twentieth Century Fiction I
ENGL 410: Literary Methods and Practice
ENGL 430: Seminar on Literary Criticism and Theory
ENGL 484: Seminar on US Literature After the Cold War
ENGL 487: Material Culture
Research Interests
U.S. Literature and Culture; History of Authorship and Publishing; Women Writers of the 19th Century, Material Culture
Education

Ph.D. (American Literature) Duke University

Selected Publications

The Selected Works of Elizabeth Oakes Smith, edited and annotated, with an introduction, 3 vols (forthcoming, Mercer Press, 2023-2024)

2020     section editor and author, “Elizabeth Oakes Smith 1806-1893—American novelist essayist, lecturer, poet and short-story writer,” Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism vol 387, Layman Poupard Publishing, LLC: 95-177.  

2020     “Poe, Pandemic and Underlying Conditions,” PopMatters, May 26, 2020: - 2646000879.html

2017     “Eluding the Authorities: Tom Waits in Postmodern Context,” PopMatters, January 9, 2017:

1993    "The Authority Effect: Poe and the Politics of Reputation in the Pre-Industry of American Publishing," Arizona Quarterly 49/3 (Fall 1993): 1-21.

1992   "Translating From Memory: Patrick Modiano in Postmodern Context," Studies inTwentieth-Century Literature 16/2 (summer 1992): 289-303.

Additional Information

Scherman is the founder and current president of The Elizabeth Oakes Smith Society (501(c)3).  

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5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5817
Office Hours
Spring 2024 Student Hours
Tuesday and Wednesday: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-noon
Class times excepted.
Or by appointment. Email the day before to schedule at t-scherman@neiu.edu.
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