Hertz, Neil.

Neil Hertz grew up in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Amherst College in 1953 before spending a year abroad at the University of Bordeaux as a Fulbright Scholar. In 1954 Hertz enlisted in the army and served for two years before enrolling at Harvard where he earned his M.A. in English in 1960. In 1961 Hertz returned to New York to teach English at Cornell University. He left Cornell in 1982 to continue his career at John Hopkins University as Professor of humanities and English. While at Johns Hopkins, Hertz served as the Director of the Humanities Center from 1993 to 1999, and was awarded visiting professorships at the University of California, Berkley, the University of Geneva, and Wellesly College. He is well known for publishing the books, The End of the Line: Essays on Psychoanalysis and the Sublime andGeorge Elliot's Pulse as well as numerous other articles and publications. After the discovery, in 1987, of Paul de Man's wartime journalism, Neil Hertz and two colleagues, Werner Hemacher and Tom Keenan, published de Man's wartime writing in Responses: On Paul de Man's Wartime Journalism. Prior to publication, Hertz and Keenan spent a week in Belgium in June 1988 interviewing Paul de Man's family, friends, and colleagues from the 1930s and 1940s; and contacting scholars of the Occupation.

Historical Background

Neil Hertz grew up in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Amherst College in 1953 before spending a year abroad at the University of Bordeaux as a Fulbright Scholar. In 1954 Hertz enlisted in the army and served for two years before enrolling at Harvard where he earned his M.A. in English in 1960.

In 1961 Hertz returned to New York to teach English at Cornell University. He left Cornell in 1982 to continue his career at John Hopkins University as Professor of humanities and English. While at Johns Hopkins, Hertz served as the Director of the Humanities Center from 1993 to 1999, and was awarded visiting professorships at the University of California, Berkley, the University of Geneva, and Wellesly College. He is well known for publishing the books, The End of the Line: Essays on Psychoanalysis and the Sublime and George Elliot's Pulse as well as numerous other articles and publications.

After the discovery, in 1987, of Paul de Man's wartime journalism, Neil Hertz and two colleagues, Werner Hemacher and Tom Keenan, published de Man's wartime writing in Responses: On Paul de Man's Wartime Journalism . Prior to publication, Hertz and Keenan spent a week in Belgium in June 1988 interviewing Paul de Man's family, friends, and colleagues from the 1930s and 1940s; and contacting scholars of the Occupation.