Cohen, Ralph, 1917-....

Dr. Ralph Cohen is considered a leading authority on literary theory, and has been teaching philosophy and literature courses at universities around the world for most of his life. Dr. Cohen received his B.A. from the City College of New York in 1937, his M.A. from Columbia University in 1946, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1952. After teaching at UCLA for sixteen years, Dr. Cohen traveled the world teaching courses in places such as China, Australia, Europe, and Israel. After joining the Department of English faculty at the University of Virginia in 1967, he founded the academic journal New Literary History, which became crucial in the transformation of American literary criticism. He worked as the editor for New Literary History from 1969-2008.

During the 2010-2011 school year, Dr. Cohen taught a course on critical procedures as James Madison University's very first Provost Distinguished Professor.

From the description of Ralph Cohen ephemera collection, 1934-1996, bulk 1960-1990. (James Madison University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 761669073