William Chapman Sharpe

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William Chapman Sharpe


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January 27, 1951

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William Sharpe joined the faculty of Barnard in 1983. In addition to his teaching duties for the English department, he is affiliated with the American studies program at Barnard.

Professor Sharpe specializes in the literature, art, and culture of the modern city, particularly New York. He teaches courses in urban literature, modern poetry, Victorian literature, and literary criticism.

His work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has published numerous articles on literature, urban studies, and the visual arts.

Prof. Sharpe's latest book on images of New York City at night, called New Y
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“Too much of me was lost in the vision of what somebody else wanted me to be.”
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