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English Department
Stony Brook University
Humanities Bldg.
Stony Brook, NY
11794-5350
Phone: 631.632.7400

Douglas Pfeiffer

Assistant Professor. PhD Columbia University 2005. Renaissance; humanism; history of literary theory and rhetoric; Erasmus; Spenser; Donne.

1098 Humanities
631-632-7378
dpfeiffer@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Courses:

    Fall 2008
  • On Leave
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Douglas Pfeiffer's current book project ("A Life Beyond Life":  Renaissance Literary Biography and the Making of Authorial Intent") traces the development of the notion of authorial intent at the intersection of early modern literary theory and author biography.