Miles Orvell

Miles Orvell
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Education
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican studies
Institutions

Miles Orvell is a professor of English and American studies at Temple University.[1] He is the founding editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies.[2][3]

Biography

Orvell received his B.A. from Columbia University and Ph.D. from Harvard University.[4] He joined the faculty of Temple University in 1969.[3]

Orvell has written on literary criticism and American cultural history with a specialization in visual culture.[1][5][6][7] He has also written about the intersections between technology and culture as well as small-town life in America and its role in American culture and identity.[8][9] From 2003 to 2011, he was the editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies.[2]

His book, The Real Thing, inspired British artist Holly Hendry's exhibition The Dump Is Full of Images at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2019.[10]

Bibliography

  • Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction (Oxford University Press, 2021)
  • Photography in America (Oxford University Press, 2016)
  • The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940. 25th Anniversary edition, 2014. (University of North Carolina Press)
  • Rethinking the American City: An International Dialogue, co-edited with Klaus Benesch (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013)
  • The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community (University of North Carolina Press, 2012)
  • John Vachon’s America, Photographs and Letters from the Depression to World War II (University of California Press, 2003)
  • American Photography (Oxford History of Art Series, Oxford University Press, 2003)
  • After the Machine: Visual Arts and the Erasing of Cultural Boundaries (University Press of Mississippi, 1995)
  • Invisible Parade: The Fiction of Flannery O'Connor (Temple University Press, 1972). Reprinted, with a new preface, as Flannery O'Connor: An Introduction (University Press of Mississippi, Fall 1991)

Awards

Orvell received the Bode-Pearson Prize from the American Studies Association for lifetime achievement in American studies.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Miles Orvell". College of Liberal Arts. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  2. ^ a b "History of the Encyclopedia of American Studies". Encyclopedia of American Studies. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Orvell adapts his approach to prepare the next generation of scholars". Temple Now | news.temple.edu. 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  4. ^ "Why We're All So Captivated by Ruins". Columbia Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  5. ^ "9 new books to explore our shared cultural history [reading list]". OUPblog. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  6. ^ Stein, Perry (2012-03-02). "New Republic: Why Do Cats Run The Internet?". NPR. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ^ Teicher, Jordan G. (2017-02-22). "The Hidden History of Photography and New York". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  8. ^ "Are You Planning to Stay?". nextcity.org. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  9. ^ Anna (2012-10-01). "Miles Orvell: Main Street in the 21st Century". UNC Press Blog. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  10. ^ "Conveyor belt 'skin' sculpture opens near Wakefield". The Guardian. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2022-05-30.