Carwin develops this ability to perfection, being able to manipulate his own voice to sound like any person he wants. Since fall 2012 Professor Waterman has been Visiting Associate Professor of Literature at NYU Abu Dhabi, where he also serves as Program Head for the Program in Literature and Creative Writing. Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist follows the life of a young man by the name of Carwin as he realizes his biloquial, ventriloquist, talents. Based on an actual case of a New York farmer who murdered his family, the novel employs Gothic devices and sensational elements such as spontaneous combustion, ventriloquism, and religious fanaticism. Professor Waterman is completing a book on seduction stories and sex scandals in the revolutionary Atlantic World his most recent research centers on New York City in the age of Warhol. One of the earliest major American novels, Wieland (1798) is a thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue set in rural Pennsylvania in the 1760s. Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist Quotes Showing 1-18 of 18 In his first published work, the magazine essay series, The Rhapsodist, Brown suggests that the role of the writer is 'to enchain the attention and ravish the souls of those who study and reflect.

has published in such journals as The William and Mary Quarterly, American Literary History, and Early American Literature. He edited the Norton Critical Editions of two early American novels and wrote the volume on Television's Marquee Moon for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series. Patell, of The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York City (2010). He is the author of Republic of Intellect: The Friendly Club of New York City and the Making of American Literature (Johns Hopkins, 2007) and the co-editor, with Cyrus R. He specializes in American literature with focus on literary and cultural histories of New York City. in American Studies from Boston University in 2000 and joined NYU’s faculty the following year.

Bryan Waterman, Associate Professor, earned his Ph.D.

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