UB English Faculty Members Author New Publications

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Recent publications by members of the University at Buffalo Department of English have included books and special publications.

George Hochfield, professor emeritus, has published a translation of “The Officers’ Camp,” by Italian author Giampiero Carocci. In his book, Carocci, a former Italian army officer, writes of his 1943-45 incarceration in a German concentration camp. Hochfield now resides in Berkeley, Calif.

Thomas E. Connolly of Amherst, professor emeritus and noted James Joyce scholar, has had a collection of his previously published pieces on Joyce published by the Edwin Mellen Press. The articles in the volume offer enthusiasts a look at parts of the UB Libraries’ exceptional collection of Joyce manuscripts, photos, memorabilia and personal effects, and discusses how these materials came to Buffalo.

The University of Idaho at Moscow has devoted an entire issue of its literary magazine, FUGUE, to the work and life of Raymond Federman of Amherst. Federman is a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and Melodia Jones Chair in French. A multi-lingual writer whose literary works have been widely translated, Federman is well-known in Europe and is considered to be one of the most influential authors of the postmodern age.

The June 19 issue of the London Review of Books featured an essay by Susan Eilenberg of Buffalo, associate professor, on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, procrastination and failure.