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An academic and professional web resource for American
literature, classical rhetoric, Shakespeare, poetry, drama, jazz, McLuhan,
contemporary media, semiotics, and the philosophy and literature of True
Love.
David Simpson received his PhD in English and Comparative Literature
at Columbia University and has served on the faculty in English and humanities
at Columbia and Northwestern. He has served on the visiting faculty at
the School for New Learning since 1990. His academic interests include
classical and Renaissance literature, media studies, American culture,
professional communication, and intellectual history. A former member of
the Chicago Board Options Exchange, he has served as a consultant in business
writing and technical stock-market analysis and has written articles and
reviews on topics ranging from jazz and cinema to slang and cyberculture.
He is currently a member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, the United States
Golf Association, and the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.
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