Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Christopher E.G. Benfey's books

Christopher E.G. Benfey’s Followers (20)

Christopher E.G. Benfey

Born

in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, The United States

October 28, 1954

Website

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/directory/emeriti-ret...

Genre

Nonfiction

edit data

Christopher E.G. Benfey, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 1983; B.A., Guilford College) is Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of English at Mount Holyoke College, a literary critic, and scholar of Emily Dickinson. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, and a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Prof. Benfey served as the long-time art critic for the online magazine Slate, and is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and The New Republic, among many other publications. ...more

Combine Editions
Christopher E.G. Benfey’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 2,716 ratings · 455 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain , Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade 3.49 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival 3.79 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan 3.73 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years 3.62 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable 3.92 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emily Dickinson: Lives of a Poet by Christopher E.G. Benfey, Emily Dickinson 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Double Life of Stephen Crane: A Biography 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emily Dickinson and the Problem of Others really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Audacity: Literary Essays North and South really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artists, Intellectuals, and World War II: The Pontigny Encounters at Mount Holyoke College, 1942-1944 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Christopher E.G. Benfey…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!	2251	799	Nov 30, 2011 09:05PM
The History Book ...: ARCHIVE ONE: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ~	6550	4425	May 08, 2013 03:33PM
Busy as a Bee Books: 7/9/19: Book News	7	6	Jul 18, 2019 08:14PM
Nothing But Readi...: New 2U Authors Challenge 2023	95	532	Jan 10, 2024 10:24PM
Around the World ...: Japan	60	2260	Feb 26, 2025 12:40PM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Christopher to Goodreads.