Bruce Weiner

Bruce Weiner, who received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in 18th and 19th century American literature and is the author of The Most Noble of Professions: Poe and the Poverty of Authorship (1986). His essays on Poe also appear in The Naiad Voice (1983), Poe and Our Times (1986), Poe and His Times (1990), Poe's Pym (1992), and Perspectives on Poe (1996). He has also written introductions to Wordsworth editions of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and Irving's The Sketchbook. He teaches courses on all periods of American literature, including a course on literature and the environment.