Carnochan, W. B.

Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1953, A.M. 1957, and Ph.D. 1960), W. B. Carnochan joined the English faculty at Stanford University in 1960. He chaired the English department from 1971-73 and has served the University as dean of graduate studies and vice-provost, 1975-80, and director of the Stanford Humanities Center, 1985-1991. A scholar of the eighteenth century, his published books include GIBBON'S SOLITUDE: THE INWARD WORLD OF THE HISTORIAN (1987), CONFINEMENT AND FLIGHT: AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (1977), and LEMUEL GULLIVER'S MIRROR FOR MAN (1968). Other works include THE BATTLEGROUND OF THE CURRICULUM: LIBERAL EDUCATION AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (1993) and MOMENTARY BLISS: AN AMERICAN MEMOIR (1999).