Assistant Professor of English
Office
Moreland 320
Phone
541-737-1651
Email
peter.betjemann@oregonstate.edu
Education
PhD Princeton University (2004)
MA Princeton University (1998)
BA Vassar College (1995)
Areas of specialization
Nineteenth- and early-twentieth century American literature; fiction;
material culture; craft, artisanship, and labor.
Selected publications
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Grammar of Ornament: Stylistic Tagging
and the Politics of Figuration in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and 'The
Unexpected', forthcoming in Word and Image
"Henry James' Shop Talk: The Spoils of Poynton and the Language of Artisanship," American Literary Realism 40:3 (Spring 2008)
"Craft and the Limits of Skilled Labor: Handicrafts Revivalism and the Problem of Technique", The Journal of Design History 21:2 (Summer 2008)
Talking Shop: Craft, Consumption, and American Literature (in
process)
Review-essay on Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Farms, Winterthur Portfolio
36:2/3 (2001)