King, James
Biography
James King is Professor of English at McMaster University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1967 and an M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1970) from Princeton University, and has been teaching at McMaster University since1971. He has been a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow and a Killam Research Fellow.. He lives in Dundas, Ontario with his wife and two children.
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Published Work
2006. Pure Inventions. Toronto: Cormorant Books. (Fiction)
2003. Transformations. Toronto: Cormorant Books. (Fiction)
2003. [with Timothy L. Walters] Unconditioning Postmodernity: Radical Acts of Resistance in Contemporary Texts. Hamilton: McMaster University. (Nonfiction)
2002. Farley: The Life of Farley Mowat. Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada. (Nonfiction)
2000. Blue Moon. Toronto: Simon & Pierre. (Fiction)
1999. Faking. Toronto: Simon & Pierre. (Fiction)
1999. Jack: A Life With Writers: The Story of Jack McClelland. (Nonfiction)
1997. The Life of Margaret Laurence. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson. (Nonfiction)
1994. Virginia Woolf. London: Hamish Hamilton. (Nonfiction)
1991. William Blake: His Life. New York: St. Martin’s Press. (Nonfiction)
1990. The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson. (Nonfiction)
1989. William Cowper: Selected Letters [editor, with Charles Rykamp]. New York: Oxford University Press. (Nonfiction)
1987. Interior Landscapes: A Life of Paul Nash. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. (Nonfiction)
1986. William Cowper: A Biography. Durham: Duke University Press. (Nonfiction)
1986, The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper [editor, with Charles Rykamp]. (Nonfiction)
