Warner Berthoff is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English and American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University. He is author of several books, including Literature and the Continuances of Virtue (1986) and A Literature Without Qualities: American Writing Since 1945 (1979).

“Berthoff writes with theoretical sophistication and a critical gift based on enormously wide reading and clear humane convictions. American Trajectories stands out as exceptional scholarly work.”—J. C. Levenson, University of Virginia

Warner Berthoff is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English and American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University. He is author of several books, including Literature and the Continuances of Virtue (1986) and A Literature Without Qualities: American Writing Since 1945 (1979).

“Berthoff writes with theoretical sophistication and a critical gift based on enormously wide reading and clear humane convictions. American Trajectories stands out as exceptional scholarly work.”—J. C. Levenson, University of Virginia