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Peter Messent
Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature,
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Biography
I was at Nottingam for almost 40 years before retiring in Sept 2011. I was Head of the School of American and Canadian Studies in the last couple of years of my employment . My main work is in Mark Twain Studies, Ernest Hemingway Studies and Crime Fiction. I still do some academic work and my latest publication is as lead editor of The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell (2017).
Expertise Summary
As above. Plus all areas of nineteenth and twentieth century American fiction.
Research Summary
No large scale projects at this time though I have just complleted an essay on Mark Twain's short ficiton and am starting work on an essay on crime fiction and the police.
Past Research
See publications etc.