Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Essays, Mystery, Autobiography/Biography

Audience: Adult

Published Works:

Samuel Johnson and the New Science, University of Wisconsin Press, 1971; Samuel Johnson and the Problem of Evil, University of Wisconsin Press, 1975;  Boswell's Johnson:  A Preface to the LIFE, University of Wisconsin Press, 1978; The Plays of Arthur Murphy, University of Wisconsin Press, 1979;  Daily Life in Johnson's London, University of Wisconsin Press, 1983; Frozen Stare, St. Martin's Press, 1989; Theory and Tradition in Eighteenth-Century Studies, Southern Illinois University Press, 1990;  After the Death of Literature, Southern Illinois University Press, 1997; The Biggest City in America: A Fifties Boyhood in Ohio, University of Akron Press, 1999.

Forthcoming Works:  Into the Dark (a novel);  The Wounds that Heal:  Heroism and Human Development (with Dr. Judith A. Schwartz);   Nice and Noir:  Contemporary American Crime Fiction.

Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes

Awards: Runner-up, Gustave O. Arlt Prize, The Council of Graduate Schools for Samuel Johnson and the New Science, 1971; Cited by Choice as one of the "Significant University Press Titles," 1999-2000.

Speaking Engagements:

Author accepts.
Fee for speaking:  Variable
Limitations on travel: None

Contact Information:

Contact author directly

5800 Highland Parkway
Columbia, MO. 65203
phone:  (573)882-4421
e-mail:  schwartzrb@missouri.edu