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Guide to the Ihab Hassan papers MS.C.005

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Guide to the Ihab Hassan papers MS.C.005 1 MS.C.005 Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries Title: Ihab Hassan papers Creator: Hassan, Ihab Habib Identifier/Call Number: MS.C.005 Physical Description: 12.5 Linear Feet(30 boxes) and 10.5 unprocessed linear feet Physical Description: 11.1 Megabytes(1 flash drive) Date (inclusive): 1952-2004 Abstract: This collection documents the academic work of literary critic, scholar, and theorist Ihab Hassan. The bulk of these materials reflect his work on American fiction of the later twentieth century, in addition to his extensive writings on postmodernism, literary criticism, and cultural studies. The collection primarily contains holograph manuscripts, typescripts, offprints, and reprints of Hassan's published monographs and articles, in addition to professional papers and lecture materials. Some audio and video recordings are included. In 2017 a small addition of photographs, literary correspondence, notebooks, and one flash drive was added. Language of Material: English . Access The collection is open for research. Access to original audio and video cassettes is restricted; and access to original born digital files is restricted. Users may request access copies. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives. Preferred Citation Ihab Hassan papers. MS-C005. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Acquisition Information Gift of Ihab Hassan, 1987-2000. Additional gift of Geoffery Hassan, 2017. Existence and Location of Originals External media received (7 floppy disks), digital object MSC005_DIG001 Accruals Future accruals are expected. Processing History Preliminary processing by Eddie Yeghiayan. Processing completed by Jeffrey Atteberry in 1998 and Kurt Ozment in 2001. Historical Background Ihab Habib Hassan was a prominent critic, scholar, and theorist in the academic study of literature. While focusing his scholarship on the post-war novel, he was among the first to articulate a concept of the postmodern. He was born in Cairo, Egypt on October 17, 1925. The son of a civil servant, he spent his youth in Egypt and eventually attended the University of Cairo to study electrical engineering. Upon graduation in 1946, he received the prestigious Egyptian Educational Mission fellowship and left for the United States to continue his studies in electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Hassan has lived in the United States ever since. Hassan completed his Master of Science degree in 1948, but soon decided to abandon engineering for an academic career in literature. He began a doctoral program in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his Master's degree in 1950 and his doctorate in 1953. Hassan began his professional career in 1952 as an instructor of English at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. In 1954 he obtained a position at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He was later named the Benjamin L. Waite Professor of English and served as the director of both the College of Letters and the Center for Humanities. In 1970 he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee as the Vilas Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, a position he continues to hold as of 2002. During his time at Wesleyan, Hassan published work on contemporary and avant-garde literature, and he has continued to focus on these themes throughout his career. The major publications from his early period are Radical Innocence and The Literature of Silence: Henry Miller & Samuel Beckett. In these works, he attempts to describe the characteristics that distinguish post-war fiction from the literature of high modernism. Hassan continued to pursue the same theme in his Dismemberment of Orpheus, in which he introduced the term "postmodern." Along with Jean-François Lyotard, Hassan was one of the first scholars to articulate a conception of the postmodern, and he has devoted a large portion of his academic career to this. In his best-known works, he describes formal characteristics of the postmodern, such as discontinuity,

Guide to the Ihab Hassan papers MS.C.005 2 MS.C.005 indeterminacy, and irony. During this period, he also espoused a concept of the "critic as innovator." His major statements in these regards have been Dismemberment of Orpheus, Paracriticisms, and The Right Promethean Fire. Although Hassan has always been engaged in dialogue with the major trends of literary theory, he cannot be easily classified as belonging to any specific school of literary criticism. During the 1980s, beginning with the publication of his autobiography Out of Egypt, Hassan began to move away from articulating the formal characteristics of postmodernism. In particular, his book Selves at Risk examines themes of quest in contemporary literature, and Between the Eagle and the Sun focuses on cultural exchange between Japan and the United States. Hassan died in 2015. 1925 Ihab Habib Hassan born in Cairo, Egypt on October 17th. 1946 Immigrates to the United States to study engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. 1948 Receives M.S. degree from University of Pennsylvania. 1950 Receives M.A. degree from University of Pennsylvania. 1952 Holds position as instructor in English at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 1953 Receives Ph. D. degree in English literature from University of Pennsylvania. 1954 Begins as an instructor in English at Wesleyan University and becomes professor of English in 1962. 1956 Becomes a United States citizen. 1961 Radical Innocence: The Contemporary American Novel 1963 Aspects du Hero Americain Contemporain 1966 Fulbright lecturer in Grenoble, France. 1968 The Literature of Silence: Henry Miller and Samuel Beckett 1970 Joins the faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee as the Vilas Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature. 1971 The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Toward a Postmodern Literature 1973 Contemporary American Literature, 1945-1972 1974 Fulbright lecturer in Nice, France. 1975 Paracriticisms: Seven Speculations of the Times 1980 The Right Promethean Fire: Imagination, Science, and Cultural Change 1986 Out of Egypt: Fragments of an Autobiography 1987 The Postmodern Turn: Essays in Postmodern Theory and Culture 1990 Selves at Risk: Patterns of Quest in Contemporary American Letter 1995 Rumors of Change: Essays of Five Decades 1996 Between the Eagle and the Sun: Traces of Japan Collection Scope and Content Summary This collection documents the academic work of literary critic, scholar, and theorist Ihab Hassan. The bulk of these materials reflect his work on American fiction of the later twentieth century, in addition to his extensive writings on postmodernism, literary criticism, and cultural studies. The collection primarily contains holograph manuscripts, typescripts, offprints, and reprints of Hassan's published monographs and articles, in addition to professional papers and lecture materials. Some audio and video recordings are included. The publication history of Hassan's writings is quite complicated. In numerous cases, he used the exact same or very similar titles for very different works, but he would also rework essentially the same content matter under quite different titles. As far as such distinctions can be made, the material has been grouped together according to the similarity of the content. Very often, a particular work has both published and lecture versions, where the lecture version constitutes either an earlier version of the published essay or a later rewriting of a published work. In either case, all lectures that have strong connections with a published work appear with the published version. A few pieces were published on multiple occasions with a slight change in content. In such cases, the essay has been placed according to the earliest publication date. Certain conventions were used in the container list to indicate format and variant titles. Manuscripts not explicitly identified as holographs are typescripts. Numerous essays are represented by draft, lecture, and published versions. Whenever possible, the items were placed in chronological order to reflect the process of composition. When such determinations could not be made, the published version was placed last. In all cases, the published title is used as a heading, and any item with a variant title is listed under that heading. A bibliography of Hassan's works compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan is available in Special Collections and Archives. In 2017 a small addition of photographs, literary correspondence, notebooks, and one flash drive was added. Collection Arrangement This collection is arranged in seven series. Series 1. Early writings, 1952-1984. 3.6 linear feet

Guide to the Ihab Hassan papers MS.C.005 3 MS.C.005 Series 2. Later writings, 1985-2000. 4.6 linear feet Series 3. Conference papers and public lectures, 1952-1999. 1.4 linear feet Series 4. Book reviews, 1959-1997. 1.2 linear feet Series 5. Biographical material, 1996-1998. 0.1 linear feet Series 6. Teaching material, 1953-1997. 0.6 linear feet Series 7. Unprocessed material added in 2017.

Early writings Series 1. 1952-1984 Physical Description: 3.6 Linear Feet General Physical Description note: no content Series Scope and Content Summary This series contains journal articles, monographs, lecture materials, and essays which were published or are associated with publications. This series reflects Hassan's general interest in contemporary and avant-garde fiction. In many of the pieces, Hassan articulates his understanding of the postmodern within the framework of contemporary literary and critical theory. Notably, this series contains his monograph Contemporary American Literature and his contributions to World Literature Since 1945 and to the fourth edition of Literary History of the United States. In a few cases, correspondence with editors and publishers has been included with the relevant publication. With the minor exceptions of "A Letter on Finnegans Wake" and "Innovation/Renovation: Rough Transcript of a Self-Interview," all the materials have been published. Dates of publication are indicated within parentheses following publication titles. Dates of material associated with publications are supplied whenever possible. Some material associated with these publications, however, is undated. Files contain printed or typescript material, unless specified otherwise. Arrangement This series is arranged chronologically by publication.

"Towards a Method in Myth" 1952 box 14, folder 1 Offprint, with corrections 1952 "Baudelaire's Correspondences: The Dialectic of a Poetic Affinity" 1954 box 14, folder 2 Offprint 1954 "Edith Sitwell and the Symbolist Tradition" 1955 box 14, folder 3 Lecture, draft 1955 box 14, folder 4 Original publication 1955 "Jean Stafford: The Expense of Style and the Scope of Sensibility" 1955 box 14, folder 5 Original publication 1955 "Criticisms as Mimesis" 1956 box 14, folder 6 Offprint 1956 "Egyptian Retrospect: A Partial View in Changing Perspective" 1956 box 14, folder 7 Offprint 1956 "Thomas' 'The Tombstone When She Died' " 1956 box 14, folder 8 Original publication 1956 "Rare, Quixotic Gesture: The Fiction of J.D. Salinger" 1957 box 14, folder 9 Original publication 1957 "The Idea of Adolescence in American Fiction" 1958 box 14, folder 10 Offprint 1958 "The Anti-Hero in Modern British and American Fiction" 1959 box 14, folder 11 Offprint 1959 "Carson McCullers: The Alchemy of Love and Aesthetics of Pain" 1959 box 14, folder 12 Original publication 1959 "Of Time and Emblematic Reconciliation: Notes on the Poetry of Edwin Muir" 1959 box 14, folder 13 Offprint 1959

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box 14, folder 13 Original publication 1959 "The Victim: Images of Evil in Recent American Fiction" 1959 box 14, folder 14 "The Victim: Colors of Darkness in Recent American Fiction," lecture draft 1958 box 14, folder 15 Original publication 1959 "Birth of a Heroine" 1960 box 14, folder 16 Original publication 1960 "The Daydream and Nightmare of Narcissus" 1960 box 14, folder 17 Offprint 1960 box 14, folder 18 Original publication, French translation 1961 "Love in the Modern American Novel: Expense of Spirit and Waste of Shame" 1960 box 14, folder 19 Offprint 1960 box 14, folder 19 Original publication 1960 "Saul Bellow: Five Faces of a Hero" 1960 box 14, folder 20 Original publication 1960 "The Avant-Garde: Which Way is Forward?" 1961 box 15, folder 1 Original publication 1961 box 15, folder 2 Offprint 1962 "Hassan Comments on University Plan" 1961 box 15, folder 3 Original publication 1961 "The Character of Post-War Fiction in America" 1962 box 15, folder 4 "The Character of Post-War American Fiction," lecture draft 1960 box 15, folder 5 Offprint 1962 box 15, folder 5 Original publication 1962 box 15, folder 6 Offprint, German translation 1987 "Conscience and Incongruity: The Fiction of Thomas Berger" 1962 box 15, folder 7 Original publication 1962 box 1, folder 1 "The Modern Movement in American Fiction" 1962 "Almost the Voice of Silence: The Later Novelettes of J.D. Salinger" 1963 box 15, folder 8 Original publication 1963 "The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Reflections on Modern Culture, Language, and Literature" 1963 box 15, folder 9 "The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Form and Antiform in Contemporary Literature," lecture draft 1962 box 15, folder 10 Original publication 1963 "Modern Literature...a Review for the Teacher" 1963 box 15, folder 11 Original publication 1963 box 1, folder 2 "The Postwar Period in American Fiction" 1963 "The Subtracting Machine: The Work of William Burroughs" 1963 box 15, folder 12 Original publication 1963 "The Way Down and Out: Spiritual Deflection in Recent American Fiction" 1963 box 15, folder 13 "Deflection in Recent American Fiction," lecture draft 1962 box 15, folder 14 Offprint 1963 Literary History of the United States (3rd edition) 1963 box 1, folder 3 "The New Literature: World War II and After" box 1, folder 4 Publisher correspondence box 1, folder 5 "American Youth Today" 1964 "Beyond a Theory of Literature: Intimations of Apocalypse?" 1964 box 15, folder 15 Offprint 1964 "Laughter in the Dark: The New Voice in American Fiction" 1964 box 15, folder 16 Offprint 1964 box 15, folder 16 Original publication 1964 "An Arab-American Conversation: Interview with Saleh Gawdat" 1965 box 15, folder 17 Draft 1964 "The Novel of Outrage: A Minority Voice in Postwar American Fiction" 1965 box 15, folder 18 "The Novel of Outrage: A Minority in Recent American Fiction," lecture draft 1964 box 15, folder 19 Original publication 1965 "Avant-Garde: Explorations in Contemporary American Society" 1966 box 1, folder 6 Draft

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box 15, folder 20 "Avant-Garde: Exploration in Contemporary American Society," list of places presented 1967 "The Literature of Silence: From Henry Miller to Beckett and Burroughs" 1967 box 15, folder 21 "The Literature of Silence: Touching on Henry Miller and Samuel Beckett," lecture draft 1965 box 15, folder 22 Original publication 1967 "MLA 67" 1968 box 16, folder 1 Lecture, draft 1967 box 16, folder 2 Offprint 1968 box 16, folder 2 Original publication 1968 "II" 1968 box 16, folder 3 "Euremika." Appears as part II of "II." box 16, folder 3 Index page listing place presented, draft box 16, folder 4 Original publication 1968 "The Dream of Logic: A Conversation with Ihab Hassan" 1969 box 16, folder 5 Draft, German translation undated "Sade: Prisoner of Consciousness" 1969 box 16, folder 6 Original publication 1969 "Silence, Revolution, and Consciousness" 1969 box 16, folder 7 Lecture, draft 1968-1969 box 16, folder 8 Original publication 1969 "Frontiers of Criticism: Metaphors of Silence" 1970 box 1, folder 7 Draft box 16, folder 9 Lecture, draft 1969 box 16, folder 10 Offprint 1970 box 16, folder 11 Original publication, Japanese translation 1970 "Joyce-Beckett: A Scenario in 8 Scenes and a Voice" 1970 box 1, folder 8 Draft box 16, folder 12 Lecture, draft, with correspondence 1969 and undated box 16, folder 13 Offprint 1970 box 16, folder 13 Original publication 1970 box 1, folder 9 "Norman Mailer: Why Are We in Vietnam? 1970 "Fiction and Future: An Extravaganza for Voice and Tape" 1971 box 1, folder 10 Draft box 16, folder 14 Lecture, drafts 1970-1971 "POSTmodernISM: A Paracritical Bibliography" 1971 box 1, folder 11 Draft box 16, folder 15 Offprint 1971 "AnviRonmenT" 1972 box 1, folder 12 Draft box 16, folder 16 Original publication 1972 box 1, folder 13 "Criticism, Collusion, and the Collision of Being" 1972 "An Interview with Ihab Hassan," conducted by Judith Gurd 1972 box 16, folder 17 Original publication "Literature-Criticism: Plumbing the Modern Consciousness. An Interview with Ihab Hassan," conducted by Frederick Brussat 1972 box 1, folder 14 Draft box 16, folder 18 Draft 1972 box 16, folder 19 Original publication 1972 "Polemic" 1972 box 17, folder 1 Original publication 1972 "ReMembrance of Orpheus: A Paracritical Review in Six Voices, One silent" 1972 box 1, folder 16 Draft box 17, folder 2 Original publication 1972 box 1, folder 17 "Truman Capote" 1972 Untitled contribution to "On the new Cultural Conservatism" 1972 box 1, folder 15 "The New Cultural Conservatism," draft box 17, folder 3 Original publication 1972

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"We are Tomorrow: Centers of Transformation in Self and Society" 1972 Scope and Contents note See also Series 3. Conference Papers and Public Lectures, "Ideology, Utopia, Fantasy in Contemporary America," 1978-1981

box 17, folder 4 Original publication 1972 "Canadian Literature" 1973 Scope and Contents note Published in World Literature Since 1945.

box 1, folder 18 "Canadian Literature," holograph outline box 1, folder 19 "Contemporary Literature of Canada," holograph draft box 1, folder 20 Published version 1973 box 17, folder 5 Offprint 1973 "Contemporary Literature in the United States" in Contemporary American Literature 1973 box 1, folder 21 Holograph outline box 1, Holograph draft folder 22-23 box 1, Published version folder 24-26 box 1, folder 27 "Errata" and "Bibliographie," German edition box 1, folder 28 "Contemporary Novelists," list "Echoes of Dark Laughter: Notes on the Comic Sense in Contemporary American Fiction" 1973 box 1, folder 29 Draft box 17, folder 6 Original publication 1973 box 1, folder 30 "Man: Still Between Earth and Sky? Or Myth, Art, and Technology" 1973 "The New Gnosticism: Speculations on an Aspect of the Postmodern Mind" 1973 box 1, folder 31 Draft box 17, folder 7 List of places presented 1973 box 17, folder 8 Original publication 1973 "Readings in Contemporary American Literature, a Suggested Bibliography of Titles Suggested by Ihab Hassan, with an Introduction by the Author" 1973 box 17, folder 9 Original publication 1973 box 1, folder 32 "Ronald Sukenick" 1973 box 1, folder 33 "Silence in Myth, Literature, and Technology: A Paracritical Reflection" 1973 Literary History of the United States (4th edition) 1974 box 2, folder 1 Chapter 83, "The New Consciousness," published version Chapter 86, "Fiction" box 2, folder 2 Draft box 2, folder 3 Published version box 2, folder 4 Publisher correspondence "Joyce, Beckett, and the Postmodern Imagination" 1975 box 2, folder 5 Draft box 17, folder 10 Original publication 1975 "Concerning Joyce, Beckett, and the Postmodern Imagination" box 17, folder 11 Lecture (on the essay itself), draft 1973 "( ): Finnegans Wake and the Postmodern Imagination" 1973-1975 Scope and Contents note Delivered at the Fourth James Joyce International Symposium in 1973, and published in Paracriticisms: Seven Speculations of the Times (1975). See Series 3. Conference Papers and Public Lectures, "( ): Finnegans Wake and the Postmodern Imagination," 1973.

box 2, folder 6 Letter to the editor regarding "( ): Finnegans Wake and the Postmodern Imagination" 1975 "Beyond Arcadians and Technophiles: New Convergences in Culture?" 1976

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box 2, folder 9 Draft box 17, folder 12 "Beyond Arcadians and Technophiles: New Patterns of Convergence in Western Culture," lecture draft 1975 box 17, folder 13 List of places presented 1979 Scope and Contents note Verso includes notes for "Kansai/Kyoto: Transhumanization Version of Arcadians, Etc.," 1979.

box 17, folder 14 Original publication 1976 box 17, folder 15 Offprint of republication 1979 box 2, folder 7 "A Letter on Finnegans Wake," unpublished 1976 "Models of Transformation: Ideology, Utopia, and Fantasy in Contemporary America" 1976 box 2, folder 10 Draft box 18, folder 1 Lecture, draft 1974 box 18, folder 2 "Ideology, Utopia, and Fantasy in America," lecture draft 1976 box 18, folder 3 Original publication 1976 box 2, folder 11 "Polish Interlude" circa 1976-1977 "A Re-vision of Literature" 1976 box 2, folder 8 Draft box 18, folder 4 Lecture, drafts 1975-1976 box 18, folder 5 Original publication 1976 box 18, folder 6 Original publication, Spanish translation 1978 "Bernard Malamud: 1976 Fictions within our Fictions" 1977 box 2, folder 12 Draft box 18, folder 7 Lecture, draft 1976 "The Critic as Innovator: A Paracritical Strip in X Frames" 1977 Scope and Contents note See also The Right Promethean Fire: Imagination, Science, and Cultural Change (1980).

box 2, folder 15 Draft box 18, folder 8 Lecture, drafts 1976 box 18, folder 9 Original publication 1977 "The critic as Innovator: The Tutzing Statement in X Frames" 1977 Scope and Contents note See also The Right Promethean Fire: Imagination, Science, and Cultural Change (1980).

box 2, folder 13 Fragment box 2, folder 14 Published version box 18, folder 10 Offprint "The Critic as Innovator," and Swedish translation 1977, 1980, 1985 box 18, folder 11 Original publication 1985 "Desire, Imagination, Change" 1977 box 18, folder 12 Lecture, draft and unpublished version 1977 "Prometheus as Performer: Toward a Posthumanist Culture?: A University Masque in Five Scenes" 1977 box 2, folder 16 Draft box 18, folder 13 "The Promethean Mind: The Challenges of a Posthumanist Culture. A University Masque in Five Scenes," lecture draft 1976-1978 box 18, folder 14 Offprint 1977 "Culture, Indeterminacy, and Immanence: Margins of the (Postmodern) Age" 1978 box 2, folder 17 Draft box 18, folder 15 Lecture, draft 1977-1978 box 18, folder 16 Offprint 1978 "Toward a Transhumanized Earth: Imagination, Science, and Future" 1978 box 2, folder 18 Draft box 19, folder 1 Lecture, draft 1978

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box 19, folder 2 Original publication 1978 "Beyond the Two Cultures: Still the Right Promethean Fire" 1979 box 2, folder 19 Holograph lecture draft box 2, folder 20 Published version box 19, folder 3 Republication 1995 box 19, folder 3 Original publication 1995 "Desire, Imagination, Change: Outline of a Critical Project" 1979 box 2, folder 21 Holograph draft box 2, folder 22 Fragment box 19, folder 4 "Outline of a Critical Project: Desire, Imagination, Change" and "Beyond the New Orthodoxies: Desire, Imagination, and Change," lecture drafts 1978-1979 box 2, folder 23 "Interpretation, etc.," holograph 1979 "Cities of Mind, Urban Words: The Dematerialization of Metropolis in Contemporary American Fiction" 1980, 1981 box 3, folder 11 Holograph draft box 3, folder 12 Published version box 19, folder 5 Original publication 1980 box 19, folder 6 Lecture, draft 1980-1985 Scope and Contents note Includes photocopies from the 1981 second, revised publication.

"Interview on Saul Bellow: Suggested Questions" 1980 box 19, folder 7 Draft 1980 Scope and Contents note Prepared for the Voice of America.

"Parabiography: The Varieties of Critical Experience" 1980 box 2, folder 24 Holograph draft box 19, folder 8 Lecture, drafts 1979 box 2, folder 25 Published version box 19, folder 9 Photocopy of original publication 1980 "The Question of Postmodernism" 1980 box 2, folder 26 Draft box 19, folder 10 Lecture, drafts 1978-1979 The Right Promethean Fire: Imagination, Science, and Cultural Change 1980 box 3, folder 1 "Words: The Camargo Journal. Variations on the Themes of Imagination, or Faust at Fifty. Volume I. September 1974- ," holograph 1974 box 3, folder 2 "Serbelloni Journal," holograph box 3, folder 3-5 Composite manuscript box 3, folder 6-9 Published version box 3, folder 10 Index "A Dream (from Metaphors of Silence)" 1981 box 19, folder 11 Original publication 1981 The Dismemberment of Orpheus (2nd edition) 1982 box 3, folder 13 "Preface to the Second Edition," holograph box 3, folder 14 "Postface: 1981. Toward a Concept of Postmodernism," holograph "Foreword" to Hans Mayer's Outsiders: A Study in Life and Letters 1982 box 3, folder 15 Holograph draft box 3, folder 16 Published version "Joyce and the Gnosis of Modern Science" 1982 box 3, folder 17 Draft box 19, folder 12 Lecture, draft 1979 "Saul Bellow" 1982 box 3, folder 18 Holograph draft box 19, folder 3 Lecture, draft 1982-1985 box 3, folder 19 Published version "Wars of Desire: Politics of the Word: A Short Comment on William Gass" 1982

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box 3, folder 20 Holograph draft box 20, folder 1 Lecture, draft 1982 box 3, folder 21 Published version box 20, folder 2 Original publication 1982 "The Critical Debate: Trends and Conflicts in Recent Literary Theory" 1983 box 4, folder 1 Holograph draft box 4, folder 2 Lecture box 4, folder 3 Published version "Desire and Dissent in the Postmodern Age" 1983 box 4, folder 4 Holograph draft box 4, folder 5 Published version "Ideas of Cultural Change" 1983 box 20, folder 3 Offprint 1983 box 4, folder 6 "Innovation/Renovation: Rough Transcript of a Self-Interview," unpublished circa 1983 box 4, folder 7 "Introduction," holograph 1983 Scope and Contents note Published in Innovation/Renovation: New Perspectives on the Humanities.

"Passage from Egypt: Excerpt from an Imaginary Autobiography" 1983 box 20, folder 4 Original publication 1983 "Passage from Egypt: Fragments of an Imaginary Autobiography" 1983 box 20, folder 5 Original publication 1983 "Le critique: home d'avant-garde?" 1984 box 4, folder 8 "The Critic as Avant-Gardist," English version box 4, folder 9 Published version, in French, by Diana Weisgerber box 20, folder 6 Offprint, in French 1984 box 4, folder 10 "Foreword," Major Themes in the Contemporary American Novel 1984 "Timely Pleasures: Sane and In-Sane" 1984 box 4, folder 11 Holograph draft box 20, folder 7 "Of Sane and Insane Pleasures," lecture draft 1983 box 20, folder 8 Original publications 1984 box 4, folder 12 Published version Later writings Series 2. 1985-2015 Physical Description: 4.6 Linear Feet General Physical Description note: no content Series Scope and Content Summary This series consists of writings from the later period of Hassan's career, the bulk of which has been published. This material exhibits a general shift away from a predominately theoretical discourse on postmodernism towards a discussion of broader cultural issues. While remaining theoretically oriented, his writings also adopt a more personal and autobiographical perspective, most strongly evident in the autobiographical Out of Egypt. His works also focus on such issues as the theme of quest, relations between the United States and Japan, and academic culture in general. Although published during this period, the monograph The Postmodern Turn collects his earlier essays on postmodernism. This series also include numerous essays which were given as lectures either before or after publication. Dates of publication are indicated within parentheses following publication titles. Dates of material associated with publications are supplied whenever possible. Some material associated with these publications, however, is undated. Files contain printed or typescript material, unless specified otherwise. Arrangement This series is arranged chronologically by publication.

"The Aura of a New Man: A Note on Charles Newman" 1985 box 4, folder 13 Holograph draft

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box 4, folder 14 Published version box 20, folder 9 Original publication 1985 "Autobiography, Adventure, and Quest in Modern American Literature" 1985 box 20, folder 10 Offprint, Japanese translation 1985 "The Critical Scene: Issues in Postmodern American Criticism" 1985 box 4, folder 15 Holograph draft box 4, folder 16 Published version box 20, folder 11 Offprints 1985, 1987 "The Culture of Postmodernism" 1985 box 4, folder 24 Draft box 20, folder 12 Lecture, drafts 1982-1984 Scope and Contents note One version titled "The Cultures of Postmodernism"

Out of Egypt: Scenes and Arguments of an Autobiography 1985 box 4, folder 17 Draft box 20, Draft undated folder 13-15 box 4, folder 18 Corrected proofs box 4, folder 19 "Preface" to Postmodernism: Ihab Hassan's Theory of Culture and Literature 1985 "Spirit of Quest: Adventure in Contemporary American Literature" 1985 box 4, folder 20 Holograph outline box 4, folder 21 Holograph draft box 4, folder 22 Published version box 4, folder 23 "Spirit of Quest: The Place of Adventure in Contemporary American Literature" 1986 box 21, folder 1 List of places presented and photocopy of republication. Scope and Contents note Republished as "Quest: Forms of Adventure in Contemporary American Fiction"

"The Brightness and Fullness of Culture: Toward a Transhumanized Earth" 1986 Scope and Contents note Presented at the program celebrating twenty years of the Fulbright Program.

box 21, folder 2 Original publication 1986 "Con Hassan" 1986 Scope and Contents note Interview with Giovanna Borradori.

box 21, folder 3 Photocopy of original publication 1986 "Imagination and Belief: Wallace Stevens and William James in Our Clime" 1986 box 4, folder 25 Holograph draft box 4, folder 26 Lecture box 4, folder 27 Published version box 21, folder 4 Original publication 1986 "Pluralism in Postmodern Perspective" 1986, 1987 box 4, folder 28 Published version 1986 box 4, folder 29 Published version 1987 box 21, folder 5 Lecture, draft 1984-1985 box 21, folder 6 Original publication 1986 box 21, folder 7 Offprint of republication 1987 "Quest: Forms of Adventure in Contemporary American Fiction" 1986 Scope and Contents note See "Spirit of Quest: Adventure in Contemporary American Literature" (1985).

"Saul Bellow: An Introduction" 1986

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box 4, folder 30 Draft box 21, folder 8 Original publication 1986 box 4, folder 31 "The War Novel in the United States, 1945-1985: Visions of War and Peace" 1986 "The Whole Mystery of Babel: On George Steiner" 1986 box 4, folder 32 Holograph draft box 4, folder 33 Published version "American Culture and Literature" 1987 box 21, folder 9 "The Postwar American Scene: Culture and Ideas in America since 1945," offprint, Japanese translation 1987 "Making Sense: The Trials of Postmodern Discourse" 1987 box 5, folder 1 "Making Sense: The Crisis of Postmodern Discourse," holograph draft box 5, folder 2 Published version box 21, folder 10 Lecture, draft 1984-1987 box 21, folder 11 Lecture introduction, draft 1987 box 21, folder 12 Offprint 1987 box 21, folder 13 Spanish translation, offprint 1988 The Postmodern Turn: Essays in Postmodern Theory and Culture 1987 box 5, folder 3 Chapter 10, "Prospects in Retrospect," holograph box 5, folder 4-6 Composite manuscript box 5, folder 7-9 Published version box 5, folder 10 "Introduction," holograph "Quest: Forms of Adventure in Contemporary American Literature" 1987 box 5, folder 11 Holograph draft box 5, folder 12 Published version "Contexts of Reading, Texts of Belief: Theory and Pragmatism in our Clime" 1988 box 6, folder 1 Draft box 6, folder 2 Lecture box 6, folder 3 Published version box 21, folder 14 Offprint "Ideology, Pragmatism, and the Self: Toward an Independent Criticism" 1988 box 21, folder 15 Original publication 1988 "On the Problem of the Postmodern" 1988 box 6, folder 4 Holograph draft box 6, folder 5 Published version box 21, folder 16 Offprint 1988 "Quest for the Subject: The Self in Literature" 1988 box 6, folder 6 Draft box 21, folder 17 Photocopy of original publication 1988 "Beyond Postmodernism? Theory, Sense, and Pragmatism" 1989 box 6, folder 7 Holograph draft box 6, folder 8 Published version "Fictions of Power: A Note on Ideological Discourse in the Humanities" 1989 box 6, folder 9 Holograph first draft box 6, folder 10 Second draft box 6, folder 11 Published version box 21, folder 18 Original publication and photocopy 1989 "Motion and Mischief: Contemporary British Travel Writing" 1989 box 6, folder 12 Holograph draft box 6, folder 13 Lecture box 6, folder 14 Published version box 6, folder 15 Abridged published version box 6, folder 16 "Motion as Metaphor: Travel and Geopolitics in our Age" 1989 box 6, folder 17 "Travel as Metaphor: Unmargined Realities," unpublished holograph circa 1989-1990 "Alterity? Three Japanese examples" 1990 box 6, folder 18 Draft box 21, folder 19 Original publication 1990 "Autobiography, etc." 1990 box 6, folder 19 Holograph draft

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box 6, folder 20 Published version "The Burden of Mutual Perceptions: Japan and the United States" 1990 "Japan and the United States: The Burden of Mutual Perceptions (San Diego)" box 6, folder 21 Holograph lecture draft box 6, folder 22 Lecture box 6, folder 23 Holograph lecture draft box 6, folder 24 Lecture box 6, folder 25 Holograph draft box 6, folder 26 Published version box 21, folder 20 Original publication 1990 "The First Arab Laureate" Scope and Contents note See Series 4. Book reviews: Mahfouz, Naguib. Palace Walk.

"Ihab Hassan: Fragments of an Autobiography" 1990 box 6, folder 27 Draft box 22, folder 1 Draft, undated box 6, folder 28 Published version box 22, folder 2 Photocopy of original publication 1990 "Ideology, Theory, and the Self: Toward and Independent Criticism" 1990 box 7, folder 1 "Between Theory and Ideology: Toward an Independent Criticism," holograph lecture outline box 7, folder 2 Lecture box 7, folder 3 Draft box 7, folder 4 Lecture box 7, folder 5 Published version Selves at Risk 1990 box 7, folder 6 Holograph title page, acknowledgments, table of contents, and errata box 7, folder 7-17 Holograph draft box 7, Corrected proofs folder 18-25 box 8, folder 1-3 Final proofs box 8, folder 4 "The Writer as Seeker: The Example of Peter Matthiesen" 1990 "Let the Fresh Air In: Graduate Studies in the Humanities" 1991 box 8, folder 5 "Looking to the Nineties, Let the Fresh Air In: Comments on Graduate Studies in the Humanities," holograph lecture draft box 8, folder 6 Lecture box 8, folder 7 Published version 1991 box 22, folder 3 Original publication 1991 box 8, folder 8 Published version 1993 box 8, folder 9 Draft box 8, folder 10 Published version 1997 box 8, folder 11 "The Quest for Self: Travel and Geopolitics in our Clime" 1991 "An Australian Journey" 1992 box 22, folder 4 Original publication 1992 "Local Education, Global Concerns: The Search for Transcultural Values, Japan and the United States" 1992, 1993 box 8, folder 12 Draft box 8, folder 13 Published version box 22, folder 5 Original publication 1992 box 22, folder 6 Original publication 1993 box 8, folder 14 "Nomadic Autobiography: Paul Theroux and Peter Conrad" 1992 "Preface to the Chinese edition of The Postmodern Turn" 1992 box 8, folder 15 Holograph draft box 8, folder 16 Final version "Visit to Oz: Personal Notes on an Australian Journey" 1992 box 8, folder 17 Holograph draft box 8, folder 18 Published version

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"Beyond Exile: A Postcolonial Intellectual Abroad" 1993 box 8, folder 19 Draft box 22, folder 7 Original publication 1993 "Confessions of a Reluctant Critic or, The Resistance to Literature" 1993 box 8, folder 20 Holograph first draft box 8, folder 21 Second draft box 8, folder 22 Lecture box 22, folder 8 Lecture, draft 1991 box 8, folder 23 Published version box 22, folder 9 Offprint 1993 "Local Education, Global Concerns: The Search for Transcultural Values, Japan and the United States" 1993 box 8, folder 24 Holograph draft box 8, folder 25 Lecture box 8, folder 26 Published version "Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and Beyond: Toward an Open World" 1993 box 22, folder 10 Lecture, draft 1991 "Criticism in our Clime: Parables of American Academe" 1994 box 8, folder 27 Holograph draft box 8, folder 28 Lecture draft box 8, folder 29 Lecture box 8, folder 30 Published version box 8, folder 31 Abridged published version box 22, folder 11 Original publication and offprint of two slightly different versions 1994 "In the Mirror of the Sun: Reflections on Japanese and American Literature, Basho to Cage" 1994 box 9, folder 1 First draft box 9, folder 2 Second draft box 9, folder 3 Lecture box 9, folder 4 Published version box 22, folder 12 Original publication and offprint 1994 box 22, folder 13 Republication, offprint 1995 Rumors of Change: Essays of Five Decades 1995 box 9, folder 5-6 Composite manuscript box 9, folder 7-10 Published version box 23, folder 1-5 Copy-edited draft undated box 9, folder 11 Publisher correspondence "Counterpoints: Nationalism, Colonialism, Multiculturalism, etc. in Personal Perspective" 1995 box 9, folder 12 "Nationalism, Colonialism, Multiculturalism etc.: A Personal View," holograph box 9, folder 13 "Imperatives of the Heart: Nationalism, Colonialism, and Multiculturalism in a Personal Perspective" (lecture) box 9, folder 14 Published version box 9, folder 15 Lecture Between the Eagle and the Sun: Traces of Japan 1996 box 10, folder 1 Holograph first draft box 10, folder 2-4 Holograph second draft box 10, folder 5-7 Third draft box 10, Published version folder 8-10 box 23, folder 6 Miscellaneous drafts undated box 23, folder 7-9 Copy-edited draft undated box 10, folder 11 "Between the Eagle and the Sun: Three Literary Conceits of America and Japan -- for Iwao Iwamoto" circa 1996 "Negative Capability: Literature and Philosophy contra Politics" 1996 box 11, folder 1 Holograph draft box 11, folder 2 Lecture box 11, folder 3 Published version

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box 23, folder 10 Offprints 1996-1997 "Art/Spirit: Pictures at Two Exhibitions" 1997 box 11, folder 4 "Art/Spirit: A Note on Two Exhibitions," holograph draft box 11, folder 5 Published version box 23, folder 11 Offprint 1997 "The Expense of Spirit in Postmodern Times: Between Nihilism and Belief" 1997 "The Expense of Spirit in Postmodern Times: Or Nihilism in Action" box 11, folder 6 Holograph first draft box 11, folder 7 Holograph second draft box 11, folder 8 Lecture box 23, folder 12 "The Role of Spirit in Postmodern Times," lecture draft undated box AV-2, "The Question of Spirit in Postmodern Times," lecture undated folder MS-C05-A1 General Physical Description note: 1 audiocassette

box 23, folder 13 Offprint 1997 box 11, folder 9 Published version Forum on Intellectuals 1997 box 11, folder 10 "Regarding Intellectuals," holograph box 11, folder 11 Published version "Marginal Literature at the Exploded Center: An Okinawan Instance" 1997 box 11, folder 12 Lecture box 11, folder 13 Published version "Postmodernism Revisited: A Personal Account" 1997 box 11, folder 14 Holograph draft box 11, folder 15 Published version "The Question of Spirit in Postmodern Times" Scope and Contents note See "The Expense of Spirit in Postmodern Times: Between Nihilism and Belief"

box 11, folder 16 "Student of the Human Experience: Interview with Ihab Hassan" 1997 Unidentified article or interview with Natsuke Ikezawa (in Japanese) 1997 Scope and Contents note See also Series 3. Conferences Papers and Public Lectures: (1) Interview, with Natsuke Ikezawa, on Okinawa, December 1996, and (2) Television show on Okinawa, February 1997.

box 24, folder 1 Original publication 1997 "Counterpoints: Nationalism, Colonialism, Multiculturalism, etc. in Personal Perspective" 1998 box 24, folder 2 Photocopy of original publication 1998 "Postmodernism Revisited: A Personal Account" 1998 box 24, folder 3 Offprint 1998 Preface to George Grittoes 1998 box 24, folder 4 Draft undated "Queries for Postcolonial Studies" 1998 box 24, folder 5 Draft undated box 24, folder 6 Original publication 1998 Scope and Contents note Published in The Cream City Review.

box 24, folder 7 Offprint 1998 Scope and Contents note Published in Philosophy and Literature.

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box 24, folder 8 Photocopy of original publication 1998 Scope and Contents note Published in Third Text.

"The Food of the Gods" 1999 box 24, folder 9 Original publication 1999 "Globalism and its Discontents: Notes of a Wandering Scholar" 1999 box 24, folder 10 Draft undated box 24, folder 11 Original publication 1999 "Interview with Ihab Hassan and Frank Cioffi" 1999 box 24, folder 12 Draft undated "Encomium: David Malouf" 2000 box 24, folder 13 Nomination of David Malouf for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, draft undated "Interview with Ihab Hassan and Jerzy Durczak" 2000 box 24, folder 14 Draft undated "MLA Millennial Questionnaire on University Issues" 2000 box 24, folder 15 "Modern Language Association, Millennial Statement," draft undated Conference papers and public lectures Series 3. 1952-1999 Physical Description: 1.4 Linear Feet General Physical Description note: no content Series Scope and Content Summary This series contains unpublished papers that Hassan wrote for various conferences throughout his academic career as a literary critic. Conferences were held in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan. In general, conference papers from a particular period reflect his published work from that same period. The series also includes some video-recorded interviews with Hassan. Files contain printed or typescript material, unless specified otherwise. The material in this series is arranged chronologically according to the date the paper was first delivered. Many of the papers were given on numerous occasions, and Hassan wrote the date of each occasion for which the particular paper was used on cover pages. The series does not include the various lectures that have been published, which can be found in Series 1 and 2. Arrangement This series is arranged chronologically.

box 24, folder 16 "Criticism as Experience" and "R.P.I. first drafts," drafts 1952 Scope and Contents note Also includes notes from a dialogue on a poem by Robert Frost.

box 24, folder 17 Untitled talk on the Middle East, draft 1952 box 24, folder 18 "An Approach to Criticism," draft 1955 box 24, folder 19 "Teaching English in Foreign Lands" and "Fulbright Panel," draft of contribution to panel 1957 box 24, folder 20 "Dramatic Values: From the Point of View of the Philosopher," draft 1957 box 24, folder 21 "The United States and the Arab World," draft 1957 box 24, folder 22 "The Course in Contemporary American Fiction," draft 1958 box 24, folder 23 Wesleyan Student Parley 1960 Scope and Contents note Contains draft introductions for Sloan Wilson and Harvey Swados.

box 24, folder 24 "The Existential Novel," draft 1962 box 24, folder 25 "The Face Within: Images of the Hero in Contemporary American Literature," draft 1962 box 24, folder 26 "Saints and Scoundrels: The New Frontier of Morality," draft 1962 box 24, folder 27 "New Forms of Expression in American Literature," draft 1963-1964

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box 24, folder 28 "On Teaching the Modern: Problems," draft 1963 box 24, folder 29 Panel discussion on J.D. Salinger, broadcast schedule for The Open Mind television program 1963 box 24, folder 30 "Postwar Fiction," draft 1963 box 24, folder 31 Delta Tau Delta, draft 1964 " The Dial and Recent American Fiction" 1965 Scope and Contents note See Series 4. Book Reviews, Review titled: " The Dial and Recent American Fiction" (1966).

box 24, folder 32 "Symposium: Immortality," draft 1965 box 24, folder 33 "Innocent Radicalism," draft 1966 box 24, folder 34 "Mailer or Bellow? The Contrary Visions of the American Novel," draft 1966 box 24, folder 35 "Metacriticism: Trends in Current American Criticism," draft 1966-1967 box 25, folder 1 "The Mutant Novel: Postwar American Fiction," draft 1966-1967 box 11, folder 17 "The Territory Ahead: Trends in Avant-Garde Fiction of the U.S." circa 1966 box 25, folder 2 "The Voice of Silence: The Later Work of J.D. Salinger," draft 1966 box 25, folder 3 "Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye," draft 1967 box 25, folder 4 "The Silence of Ernest Hemingway," drafts 1967-1969 box 25, folder 5 "The Arts of Silence: Prophesy and Metaphor," drafts 1968-1972 Scope and Contents note Former title: "The Literature of Silence: Prophesy and Metaphor."

box 25, folder 6 "Radical Innocence and Henry James," draft 1968 box 25, folder 7 "Silence: The Prophetic Voice of Literature," draft 1968 box 25, folder 8 "The Three Masks of Anomie," draft 1968 box 25, folder 9 "Commentary on Leslie Fielder," draft 1969 box 25, folder 10 Notes for lectures at the University of Southern Florida, drafts 1969 Scope and Contents note Also includes draft titled "Lecture: Beckett's Watt," 1968.

box 25, folder 11 "Seminar: Silence," draft 1969 box 25, folder 12 Colloquium on teaching, draft 1970 box 25, folder 13 "From Spite to Silence: Antiheros in Gide, Mann, Kafka, Joyce, and Beckett," draft 1970 box 25, folder 14 "Implosion of Art," draft 1970 Scope and Contents note For television program on WITI, Milwaukee.

box 25, folder 15 "Welcome Address: MMLA," draft 1970 box 25, folder 16 "The Vision of Spite: Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground," incomplete draft 1970 box 25, folder 17 "Imagination and Power: The Example of Jean Genet," draft 1971 box 25, folder 18 "The Liberal Arts in an Urban University: Points," draft 1971 box 25, folder 19 "The Postmodern Age," draft 1971 box 25, folder 20 "Imagination, Culture, and Change," draft 1972 box 25, folder 21 "Languages of Silence: Is Discursive Culture Dead?," draft 1972 box 25, folder 22 "Skinner," draft 1972 box 25, folder 23 "The Transformation of the Novel," draft 1972 box 25, folder 24 "The Absurd in Literature," draft 1973 box 25, folder 25 "Avant-Garde Trends in Contemporary American Fiction," draft 1973 box 25, folder 26 "Defining Modernism," draft 1973 box 25, folder 27 "Ideology, Utopia, and Fantasy: The Contemporary American Imagination," draft 1973 box 25, folder 28 "Modern and Postmodern: Avant-Garde Movements in American Literature," draft 1973-1974 box 25, folder 29 "Myth, Literature, and Technology: A Convergence," draft 1973

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"New Convergences in Culture: Myth, Literature, and Technology. The Making of a New (American) Consciousness" box 25, folder 30 Drafts 1973-1975 Scope and Contents note See also "Myth, Literature, Technology: A Whitmanic Prophecy," 1975.

box 25, folder 31 "Reflection and Transparency," draft 1973 box 25, folder 32 "( ): Finnegans Wake and the Postmodern Imagination," draft 1973 Scope and Contents note See also Series 1. Early Published Writings, 1962-1984, for "Joyce, Beckett, and the postmodern imagination" (1975) and Letter to editor regarding "( ): Finnegans Wake and the Postmodern Imagination" (1975). See also chapter four of Paracriticisms: Seven Speculations of the Times (1975).

box 25, folder 33 "Avant-Garde trends in Contemporary American Fiction," draft 1974 box 25, folder 34 Colloquium, draft 1974 box 25, folder 35 "Culture and the Prophetic Imagination," draft 1974 box 25, folder 36 "Science: Imagination: Future," draft 1974 box 25, folder 37 "Myth, Literature, Technology: A Whitmanic Prophecy," draft 1975 Scope and Contents note See also "New Convergences in Culture: Myth, Literature, and Technology. The Making of a New (American) Consciousness," 1973-1975.

box 25, folder 38 "The Novelist's Image of Europe and America," draft 1975 box 25, folder 39 "Unmaking: A Postmodern Fiction," draft 1975 "Dimensions of the Future in the Humanities" box 11, folder 18 Holograph draft 1976 box 25, folder 40 Draft 1976 box 25, folder 41 "The Evolving Consciousness in Art and Literature," draft 1976 box 25, folder 42 "Experiment in Criticism," draft 1976 Scope and Contents note Notes for an MLA special session.

box 25, folder 43 "Vision and Value: Toward a Posthumanist Culture?," draft 1976 box 25, folder 44 "The New Gnosticism: Diffusion of the Sacred in Contemporary Culture and Literature," draft 1977-1979 box 26, folder 1 "Prologue," draft 1977 Scope and Contents note Introduction to the MLA special session, "Literary Theory and the Critical Quarterly in America."

box 11, folder 19 "The Brightness and Fullness of Culture: Toward a Transhumanized Earth" circa 1978 box 26, folder 2 "The Canon of Modern American Literature," draft 1978 box 26, folder 3 "Ideology, Utopia, Fantasy in Contemporary America," draft 1978-1981 Scope and Contents note Includes "We are Tomorrow: Centers of Transformation in Self and Society," draft

box 26, folder 4 "The Question of Postmodernism: The Examples of Fiction and Criticism," draft 1978 box 26, folder 5 "Beyond Interpretation," draft 1979 box 26, folder 6 Aachen conference on postmodernism, draft 1979 box 26, folder 7 "Postmodernism and Paracriticisms," draft 1979 box 26, folder 8 "Remarks on the Ph.D. in English," draft 1980 Scope and Contents note Delivered at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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box 26, folder 9 "Science, Technology, Culture: Toward a Postmodern Gnosis?," draft 1980 "The Technology of Consciousness: Language, Myth, Culture, Technics" box 11, folder 20 Holograph draft circa 1980 box 26, folder 10 Draft 1980 box 26, folder 11 "Beyond the Two Cultures: Science and the Humanities in Our Age," drafts 1981-1985 box 26, folder 12 "Desire and Dissent in the Postmodern Age," draft 1981-1982 box 26, folder 13 "Experimental Fiction: The Challenge of Postmodernism," draft 1981 "Innovation/Renovation: Toward an Idea of Cultural Change" 1981-1982 Scope and Contents note Former title: "Innovation/Renovation."

box 11, folder 21 "Innovation/Renovation," holograph draft 1981 box 26, folder 14 Drafts 181-1982 Scope and Contents note Includes introduction that is titled "Toward a Cultural Theory of Postmodernism."

"The One and the Many Again: The Question of Judgment" box 11, folder 22 Holograph draft 1981 box 26, folder 15 draft 1981 box 26, folder 16 "Samuel Beckett and the Culture of Postmodernism," draft 1981 "Toward a Cultural Theory of Postmodernism" 1981 Scope and Contents note See "Innovation/Renovation: Toward an Idea of Cultural Change," 1981-1982.

box 26, folder 17 "Ambiguity in the Arts: The Culture of Postmodernism," draft 1982 box 26, folder 16 "Ideology, Utopia, Fantasy: The Sixties in American Culture," draft 1982-1985 box 26, folder 19 " Macbeth: Film and Literature," draft 1982 box 26, folder 20 "New Challenges to American Studies," draft 1982-1984 "Criticism: Genre, Power, or Desire? A Postmodern View," drafts 1983 box 11, folder 23 Holograph draft circa 1983-1984 box 26, folder 21 Drafts 1983 box 26, folder 22 "Modernists and Postmodernists," draft 1983 "One Hundred Days Around the World: Personal Notes on Geopolitics," with Sally Hassan box 26, folder 23 Draft 1983-1987 box 13, folder 7 "From 'One Hundred Days Around the World'," holograph draft outline of lecture undated box 26, folder 24 "Postmodernism: The Vanishing Horizon," draft 1983 box 26, folder 25 "Wolfgang and Thérèse Ule," draft 1984 box 26, folder 26 "Comment on Hayden White," draft 1984 box 26, folder 27 "Cross Currents in History and Theory," draft 1984 Scope and Contents note See also Lectures delivered at the University of Texas, Dallas, 1984.

box 11, folder 24 "Critical Pluralism in Postmodern Perspective," holograph 1984 Lectures delivered at the University of Texas, Dallas box AV-1, "Making Sense: The Crisis of Postmodern Discourse" 1984 October 16 folder MS-C05-V1 General Physical Description note: 1 VHS tape

box AV-1, "Cross-Currents of History and Theory" 1984 October 17 folder MS-C05-V2 General Physical Description note: 1 VHS tape Scope and Contents note See also "Cross Currents in History and Theory," 1984.

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box AV-1, "The Question of Discipline" 1984 October 18 folder MS-C05-V3 General Physical Description note: 1 VHS tape

box 26, folder 28 "Postmodern Fiction," draft 1984-1985 "Criticism and Social Change: Colloquium with Frank Lentricchia" 1985 box 11, folder 25 Holograph draft 1985 box 26, folder 29 Lecture, draft 1985 "Making Sense: The Crisis of Postmodern Discourse" 1985 box 11, folder 26 Holograph draft box 11, folder 27 Final lecture version box 11, folder 28 "The Brightness and Fullness of Culture: Towards a Transhumanized Earth" 1986 "Democracy and Empire: American Literature and American Power in the Twentieth Century" 1986 box 11, folder 29 Holograph draft box 11, folder 30 Final lecture version box 11, folder 31 "IAUPE: General Introduction," holograph 1986 box 26, folder 30 "Interfaces of Culture: Quest, the West, and its Others," draft 1986-1987 box AV-1, "Japanese/American Fiction" (with Iwawo Iwamoto), discussion, in English, of folder MS-C05-V4 Pictures from the Water Trade by John David Morley 1986 September General Physical Description note: 1 VHS tape

box 11, folder 32 "Our Selves Abroad: Scholars on Journeys," holograph outline 1986 box 26, folder 31 "The Struggle for the Postmodern: Theory, Ideology, and Pragmatism," draft 1986-1987 "Postmodernism & Joyce" 1987 box 11, folder 33 Holograph draft box 11, folder 34 Final lecture version box 11, folder 35 "American Visions, Visions of America: The Example of Paul Theroux" 1988 "Of African Lions and Snow Leopards: The City, the Wilderness and Contemporary Quest" 1988 box 11, folder 36 Holograph draft box 11, folder 37 Final lecture version "Representations of Otherness: Cultural Hermeneutics, East and West" 1988 box 11, folder 38 Holograph draft box 11, folder 39 Final lecture version box 11, folder 40 "Introduction to Paul Fussell Lecture," holograph 1989 box 11, folder 41 "Psychological Approaches to Culture and History," holograph 1989 box 11, folder 42 "The Self as Subject: A Pragmatic Reconstitution" 1989 box 11, folder 43 Symposium: "Japan and the United States Cultural Relations Myths and Realities," holograph 1989 "Travel as Autobiography, Autobiography as Travel" 1989 box 11, folder 44 Holograph draft box 11, folder 45 Final lecture version "Autobiography in Motion: Paul Theroux and Peter Conrad" 1990 box 12, folder 1 First draft box 12, folder 2 Second draft box 12, folder 3 Final lecture version "Knowing Across Cultures" 1990 box 12, folder 4 Holograph draft box 12, folder 5 Final lecture version "The New American Pragmatism: Problems and Prospects" 1990 box 12, folder 6 Holograph draft box 12, folder 7 Final lecture version box 12, folder 8 "Selves at Risk: Quest and Adventure in Contemporary American Letters" 1990 "Travel and Autobiography in Cross-Cultural Perspective" 1990 box 12, folder 9 Holograph first draft box 12, folder 10 Second draft box 12, folder 11 Final lecture version

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box 12, folder 12 "Travel as Mirror of Self and World: Some Western and Japanese Examples," holograph 1990 box 12, folder 13 "Aspects of Multiculturalism and Literary Theory," holograph 1991 box 12, folder 14 "Commemorative Speech in Honor of Iwao Iwamoto" 1991 box 12, folder 15 "Global Technology, Local Traditions: Toward a New World Order" holograph lecture outline 1991 box 12, folder 16 "Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and Beyond: Toward an Open World" 1991 "Between the Eagle and the Sun: Three Literary Conceits of America and Japan" 1992 box 12, folder 17 "Between the Eagle and the Sun: Japanese and American Intercultural Contrasts," holograph outline box 12, folder 18 Final lecture version "Beyond Exile: A Postcolonial Intellectual Abroad" 1992 box 12, folder 19 Holograph draft box 12, folder 20 Final lecture version box 12, folder 21 "Introduction to Australian Lectures: Beyond Exile, etc.," lecture 1994 "Local Cultures in Global Collision: The United States, Japan and Transcultural Values" 1992 box 12, folder 22 Draft box 12, folder 23 Final lecture version box 12, folder 24 Acceptance speech for the "Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence" 1994 "Nation and Knowledge: Beyond All That?" 1994 box 12, folder 25 Holograph draft box 12, folder 26 Final lecture version box 12, folder 27 "IAUPE" 1995 box 12, folder 28 "Introduction to Ian Buruma" 1995 box 12, folder 29 ABC Meridian Program, Sydney 1996 box 12, folder 30 "Between the Eagle and the Sun: Japanese and American Intercultural Contrasts," holograph outline circa 1996 box 12, folder 31 BBC telephone interview, holograph notes 1996 box 12, folder 32 "Disputation," holograph 1996 "The Forgotten and Future Kingdom: Okinawan Literature at the Turn of the Second Millennium" 1996 box 13, folder 1 Holograph draft box 13, folder 2 Final lecture version box 13, folder 3 "NHK Okinawan Dialogue with Natsuke Ikezawa," holograph 1996 box AV-1, Interview, with Natsuke Ikezawa, on Okinawa 1996 December folder MS-C05-V5 General Physical Description note: 1 VHS tape Scope and Contents note In Japanese and English. See also Television show on Okinawa, February 1997. See also Series 2. Later published writings, 1985-2000, Unidentified article or interview with Natsuke Ikezawa (in Japanese).

"Re-visioning Yeats" 1996 box 13, folder 4 Holograph draft box 13, folder 5 Final lecture version box 13, folder 6 BBC interview with Charles Jencks, holograph outline 1997 box 26, folder 32 "Multiculturalism in Global Perspective (with an Eye on Japan)," draft circa 1997 box AV-1, Television show on Okinawa, in Japanese undated folder MS-C05-V6 General Physical Description note: 1 VHS tape Scope and Contents note Includes excerpt of the interview from December 1996.

box 26, folder 33 "A Lecture: Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism: Three Isms in Search of a Concept," draft circa 1998

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box 26, folder 34 "Literature and Belief: The Reclamation of Spirit," draft 1998 Scope and Contents note Introduction to a plenary session of the IAUPE.

box 26, folder 35 "The Privations of Postmodernism: Faulkner as Exemplar (a Meditation in X Parts)," draft circa 1998 box 26, folder 36 "Three Memos to the Third Millennium: Hopes and Concerns for the Present," draft 1999 box 26, folder 37 "Integrated Session: The Hero," draft undated box 26, folder 38 Materials for introducing Samuel Delaney, Angus Fletcher, and Ervin Laszlo, drafts undated box 26, folder 39 "Morality, Literature, and Censorship," draft undated box 26, folder 40 Response by Norman Holmes Pearson to Hassan's paper on teaching American literature, draft undated Book reviews Series 4. 1959-1997 Physical Description: 1.2 Linear Feet General Physical Description note: no content Series Scope and Content Summary This series contains numerous contemporary fiction book reviews by Hassan for a variety of publications such as Saturday Review and the New York Times Book Review. Most of the reviews are of American novels, but they also reflect Hassan's growing interest in the literature of various non-Western cultures. The series also contains an unpublished report on contemporary American fiction written for the Nobel Committee on Literature. Arrangement This series is arranged chronologically by authors of publications reviewed by Hassan. In a few cases, the essay does not review a single work but may discuss several works or an author in general; in such cases, only the title of Hassan's essay has been listed. Dates of publication are indicated within parentheses following publication titles. Dates of material associated with publications are supplied whenever possible. Some material associated with these publications, however, is undated.

box 13, folder 8 Walcutt, Charles. American Literary Naturalism. Review titled "Naturalism Revisited" 1959 box 13, folder 9 Fraiberg, Louis. Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism 1961 box 13, folder 10 Marshall, Paul. Soul Clap Hands and Sing. Review titled "Tatters of Age" 1961 box 13, folder 11 New World Writing 1961 box 13, folder 12 Fairbairn, Douglas, Blair Fuller, and George Mandel. Three Short Novels. Review titled "Three by Three" 1961 box 13, folder 13 Brennan, Gerald. A Holiday by the Sea 1962 box 13, folder 14 Goran, Lester. Maria Light 1962 box 13, folder 15 Hill, Pati. One Thing I Know 1962 box 13, folder 16 Jackson, Shirley. We Have Always Lived in the Castle 1962 box 13, folder 17 Macdonald, Dwight. Against the American Grain undated box 13, folder 18 Mandel, George. The Wax Room 1962 box 13, folder 19 Morris, Wright. What a Way to Go undated box 13, folder 20 Purdy, James. Children is All 1962 Review titled "After the Grotesque" 1962 box 13, folder 21 Draft box 27, folder 1 Original publication 1962 box 27, folder 2 Review titled "The Existential Novel," original publication 1962 Scope and Contents note Published under the title "Symposium: Fiction Today"

box 13, folder 22 Genet, Jean. Our Lady of the Flowers. Review titled "The Ritual Search for Being" 1963 box 13, folder 23 Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First 1963

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box 13, folder 24 Pynchon, Thomas. V 1963 box 13, folder 25 Salinger, J. D. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction. Review titled "The Casino of Silence" 1963 box 13, folder 26 Willingham, Calder. Eternal Fire circa 1963 Dahlberg, Edward. Because I was Flesh. Review titled "The Sorrows of Edward Dahlberg" 1964 box 13, folder 27 Draft box 27, folder 3 Original publication 1964 box 13, folder 28 Sarraute, Nathalie. The Golden Fruits 1964 box 13, folder 29 Review titled "Three Critics: Mizener, Hoffman, Podhoretz" 1964 box 13, folder 30 Elliott, George P. In the World 1965 Review titled " The Dial and Recent American Fiction" 1966 box 27, folder 4 Lecture, draft 1965 box 27, folder 5 Original publication 1966 box 13, folder 31 Gass, William. In the Heart of the Heart of the Country. Review titled "In Praise of Gass" circa 1968 box 27, folder 6 Review titled "Books in the Field: Anticriticism," original publication 1968 box 13, folder 32 Untitled review on Edward Dahlberg 1970 box 13, folder 32 "In Praise of Dahlberg," draft box 27, folder 7 Original publication 1970 box 27, folder 8 Sukenick, Ronald. Out. Review titled "Reading Out: Ihab Hassan on Ronald Sukenick," original publication 1973 Review titled: "Abstractions" 1975 box 13, folder 33 Draft box 27, folder 9 Photocopy of original publication 1975 Brooke-Rose, Christine. Amalgamemnon. Review titled "Revisionary Punorama," drafts titled "Confessions of a Graphomanic or Cassandra Graphomane." 1985 box 13, folder 34 Holograph draft box 13, folder 35 Published version box 27, folder 10 Original publication 1985 Ishiguo, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Review titled "An Extravagant Reticence" 1990 box 13, folder 36 Holograph draft box 13, folder 37 Published version box 27, folder 11 Original publication 1990 Mahfouz, Naguib. Palace Walk. Review titled "The First Arab Laureate" 1990 box 13, folder 38 Holograph draft box 13, folder 39 Published version box 27, folder 12 Photocopy of original publication 1990 box 13, folder 40 "Naguib Mahfouz's Palace Walk," ABC Radio Melbourne 1990 Haruki, Murakami. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Review titled "In Sorrows Begin Responsibilities: Japan's Bestselling Author Offers a Wry, Weird Parable of our Times" 1991 box 13, folder 41 Holograph draft box 13, folder 42 Published version 1991 box 27, folder 13 Photocopy of original publication 1991 Scope and Contents note Published as "Stylish Slide Off the End of the World."

box 13, folder 43 Published version 1992 Tsushima, Yuko. Woman Running in the Mountains 1991 box 13, folder 44 Draft box 27, folder 14 Photocopy of original publication 1991 Tsujii, Takashi. A Stone Monument on a Fine day: Selected Poems 1991 box 13, folder 45 Holograph draft "Contemporary American Literature: A Selective View. A Brief Report for the Nobel Committee on Literature" 1991 box 13, folder 47 Holograph draft

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box 13, folder 46 Published version box 13, folder 48 Final version Bus, Clive. Halfway to Revolution: Investigation and Crisis in the Work of Henry Adams, William James, and Gertrude Stein 1992 box 13, folder 49 Holograph draft box 13, folder 50 Published version box 27, folder 15 Jameson, Fredric. Postmodernism. Letter to the editor regarding Malcolm Bradbury's review and photocopy of original publication 1992 Lowe, Lisa. Critical Terrains 1992 box 13, folder 51 Holograph draft box 13, folder 52 Published version box 27, folder 16 Offprint 1992 Takashi Tsujii. A Spring Like Any Other. Untitled review 1992 box 13, folder 53 Holograph draft box 13, folder 54 Published version box 27, folder 17 Photocopy of original publication Takashi Tsujii. A Spring Like Any Other. Review titled "Scruples and Ambivalence: Travails of a Japanese Tycoon" 1992 box 13, folder 55 Holograph draft box 13, folder 56 Published version Abish, Walter. Eclipse Fever. Review titled "Ecliptic Art" 1994 box 13, folder 57 Holograph draft box 13, folder 58 Published version box 13, folder 59 Review titled "A Textual Conceit: Kobo Abe's The Box Man and Donald Barthelme's The Dead Father" 1994 Garner, Helen. The First Stone 1995 box 13, folder 62 Holograph draft box 13, folder 63 Published version Liu, Sola. Chaos and All That 1995 box 13, folder 60 Holograph draft box 13, folder 61 Published version Morley, John David. The Feast of Fools 1995 box 13, folder 64 Holograph draft box 13, folder 65 Published version box 27, folder 18 Photocopy of original publication 1995 Ikezawa, Natsuki. Still Lives. Review titled "Hyperrealities of Everyday Life" 1997 box 27, folder 19 Draft 1997 box 27, folder 20 Original publication and offprint 1997 box 13, folder 66 Visarison, Alexa. Richard the Third Biographical material Series 5. 1996-1998 Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet General Physical Description note: no content Series Scope and Content Summary This series contains biographical materials, including Hassan's curriculum vitae, a bibliography of his works, and a list of all the universities and institutions visited by him throughout his entire career. An unpublished interview with Hassan is included. Arrangement This series is arranged by form of material.

box 13, folder 67 Curriculum vitae 1998 box 13, folder 68 Bibliography 1998 box 13, folder 69 Lectures, papers, visiting professorships information circa 1998 box 13, folder 70 " 20/20: A View of the Century," press release 1996 box 13, folder 71 "Interview of Rodika," unpublished interview undated box 13, folder 72 Itinerary from 1997-1998 undated

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Teaching materials Series 6. 1953-1997 Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet General Physical Description note: no content Series Scope and Content Summary This series consists largely of handouts, particularly syllabi and bibliographies, for many of the courses that Hassan taught. Most of the materials are from Hassan's tenure at Wesleyan University from 1954 to 1969, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, beginning in the 1970s. There are also materials from several visiting professorships. Arrangement The series is arranged chronologically.

box 27, folder 21 Integrated program for freshmen 1953-1957 box 27, folder 22 English 1A-2A 1954-1964 box 28, folder 1 Humanities 1-2 and 1A-2A 1954-1960 box 28, folder 2 Western civilization I-II 1954-1962 and undated box 28, folder 3 English 13-14 1955 box 28, folder 4 English 161, The study of poetry 1955 Summer box 28, folder 5 English 54, The symbolic imagination 1956 box 28, folder 6 English 1-2 1956-1964 and undated box 28, folder 7 Humanities 1-2 1956-1957 box 28, folder 8 English 51, Senior seminar, Whitman and Yeats: a comparative study 1957 Fall box 28, folder 9 English 32, The study of poetry: contexts 1958 Spring box 28, folder 10 College of Letters, Class of 1962 1959-1962 box 28, folder 11 English 43, Trends in postwar American literature 1963 Fall box 28, folder 12 College of Letters, Class of 1966 1964-1966 box 28, folder 13 Salzburg seminars, Recent American fiction 1965 Summer box 28, folder 14 Humanities 101-102 1965-1966 box 28, folder 15 English 269X, The twentieth century novel in English 1968 Spring box 28, folder 16 Literature 152, The modern European novel 1968 Summer box 28, folder 17 English 103, The question of evil. Literature: challenge, response, transcendence 1968 Fall box 28, folder 18 College of Letters 376, The picaresque and gothic modes in American fiction 1969 Spring box 28, folder 19 English 241, American literature: 1900-1940 1969 Fall box 28, folder 20 English 519, Problems in contemporary American literature: ideology, utopia, fantasy 1972 Spring box 28, folder 21 English 868, Myth, literature, and technology 1972 Fall box 28, folder 22 Humanities 530/35, Culture and the prophetic imagination 1974 Spring box 28, folder 23 English 519, The literature of the future: from ideology to science fiction, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1975 Fall box 28, folder 24 English 775, Modern theories of the literary imagination 1976 Spring box 28, folder 25 Avant-garde, modern, and postmodern, Seattle 1977 Summer box 28, folder 26 English 775, The creative process in art, literature, and science 1977 Fall box 28, folder 27 Comparative Literature 260/533, The making of the modern mind: the Promethean challenge in myth, literature, and science 1978 Fall box 28, folder 28 English 727, Avant-garde, modern, and postmodern: three modes of literary change in the twentieth century, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1979 Spring box 28, folder 29 English 875, Myth and literature 1980 Spring box 28, folder 30 Comparative Literature 533, The challenge of modernism in fiction and ideas 1980 Fall box 28, folder 31 English 720, History and theory of criticism 1981 Fall box 28, folder 32 English 820, Contemporary criticism: theories, methods, practices 1982 Spring box 28, folder 33 Comparative Literature 702, Literature and other disciplines: myth, literature, and philosophy 1983 Spring box 29, folder 1 English 733, History of literary criticism 1983 Fall box 29, folder 2 English and Comparative Literature 691, The modernist imagination 1984 box 29, folder 3 English 875, Postmodern theory and literature: an international perspective 1984

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box 29, folder 4 English 350, The backgrounds of modernism 1984-1992 box 29, folder 5 English 875, Autobiography, adventure, and quest in modern American literature 1985 Spring box 29, folder 6 English 824, American pragmatism: how to read literature 1992 Fall box 29, folder 7 Comparative Literature 381, What is modernism in literature? 1994 Spring and 1997 Spring box 29, folder 8 English 244, Postwar American literature undated box 29, folder 9 Miscellaneous teaching notes and other materials undated Scope and Contents note Includes materials for topics such as "Hybrus," "Mannerism," and "Romanticism."

box accn2017-017 Unprocessed addition 2017 Accession 2017-017 1976-2004 Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet(1 record carton) Physical Description: 11.1 Megabytes(1 flash drive) Scope and Contents This addition contains unprocessed photographs, literary correspondence, notebooks, and born digital files.

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