Jay Clayton (critic)
Jay Clayton | |
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| Born | John Bunyan Clayton, IV 11 July 1951 |
| Occupation(s) | Literary critic, professor |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
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| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison Vanderbilt University |
| Main interests | Literature, Science, Technology |
Jay Clayton (born July 11, 1951) is an American literary critic who is known for his work on the relationship between nineteenth-century culture and postmodernism. He has published influential works on Romanticism and the novel, Neo-Victorian literature, steampunk, hypertext fiction, online games, contemporary American fiction, technology in literature, and genetics in literature and film. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.