Dr. Michael Kalisch

Biography

Michael Kalisch is a lecturer in Twentieth & Twenty-First Century American Literature at the University of Bristol. He received his MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge and has spent a year at Princeton as a Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow. His research primarily focuses on modern and contemporary American literature, particularly exploring the connections between the history of the novel and literary criticism in the United States, with a special emphasis on New York Intellectuals, psychoanalysis, and Jewish American writing. Kalisch has authored several works, including monographs such as 'Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary American Fiction' (Manchester University Press, 2021) and 'Midcentury Minor Novel: American Fiction, 1945-1965' (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). He is also working on an edited collection about the novelist Benjamin Markovits with Routledge, set to be published in 2024. His recent publications include an essay in 'American Literary History' discussing Lionel Trilling's unfinished novel. Kalisch teaches multiple courses including 'American Revolutions', 'American Short Stories', and 'Literature 1900-Present', and is available for PhD supervision.

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