Associate Professor Of English
Boise State University
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A native of Cleveland, Ohio, and an alumnus of Hiram College, Jeff Westover earned his Ph.D. in 2000 and has taught American Literature at Boston College, University of Nevada at Reno, Howard University, and, most recently, at Boise State University. His recent research focuses on the cultural contexts of twentieth-century poetry, including articles about savagery in Wallace Stevens’ poetry (The Wallace Stevens Journal) and land-ownership and nationhood in Lorine Niedecker’s writing (Paideuma).
Jeff's book The Colonial Moment: Discoveries and Settlements in Modern American Poetry (Northern Illinois University Press, 2004) analyzes the representation of colonization and nationhood in the work of Marianne Moore, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, and Hart Crane. He has also published articles on James Merrill (Classical and Modern Literature, Critical Essays on James Merrill’s Poetry), Herman Melville (The Massachusetts Review), and Henry James (Style).
Jeff has been teaching in the English Department at Boise State University since 2007.
Boise State University
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A native of Cleveland, Ohio, and an alumnus of Hiram College, Jeff Westover earned his Ph.D. in 2000 and has taught American Literature at Boston College, University of Nevada at Reno, Howard University, and, most recently, at Boise State University. His recent research focuses on the cultural contexts of twentieth-century poetry, including articles about savagery in Wallace Stevens’ poetry (The Wallace Stevens Journal) and land-ownership and nationhood in Lorine Niedecker’s writing (Paideuma).
Jeff's book The Colonial Moment: Discoveries and Settlements in Modern American Poetry (Northern Illinois University Press, 2004) analyzes the representation of colonization and nationhood in the work of Marianne Moore, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, and Hart Crane. He has also published articles on James Merrill (Classical and Modern Literature, Critical Essays on James Merrill’s Poetry), Herman Melville (The Massachusetts Review), and Henry James (Style).
Jeff has been teaching in the English Department at Boise State University since 2007.