Professor Dr. Nicholas Jenkins

Biography

Nicholas Jenkins is a literary historian and critic, specializing in the study of modern and contemporary poetry, particularly the works of W. H. Auden. He serves as an associate professor in the Department of English at Stanford University. Jenkins has organized his website to provide information about his professional activities, including his published works on modern poetry and his involvement as the literary executor of Lincoln Kirstein. Additionally, he has created a genealogical database listing over 13,000 individuals in an effort to re-embed Auden into English, American, and German cultural social history. Jenkins is also working on a forthcoming book titled 'Island: W. H. Auden Regeneration England,' which is set to be published in 2010 by Belknap/Harvard University Press in the United States and Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom.

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