Department of English : University of Vermont

Department of English

Faculty - Eric Lindstrom

Eric Lindstrom, Associate Professor

B.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison
M.A., Ph.D. Yale University

Area of expertise

British Romanticism (and the "long"18th-Century); Anglo-American modernism, literature and philosophy [C.V.]

Contact Information

Email: Eric Lindstrom

Office: 329 Old Mill

Office Hours: On Sabbatical 2012-2013

Eric Lindstrom received his BA from Wisconsin (2000) and his Ph.D. from Yale (2006). He is completing a manuscript called "Poetic Fiat: Demystification and Enchantment in Romanticism." The project advances a double poetics of fiat--expressed both in "let there be" and "let be" moments--to be found in romantic poetry, philosophy, and in other areas of public life such as politics and money.

Articles related to this project have appeared in the journals Studies in Romanticism and Literary Imagination, among other places. Two new research interests involve Jane Austen and the philosopher Stanley Cavell (at times together).

Courses Taught: Commonly or recently taught courses include: Romanticism/Romantic Poetry; Modernist Poetry; Jane Austen and Romanticism; Judgment; Reading Lyric Poetry; Elizabeth Bishop.