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Bainard Cowan is a Professor of Literature at the University of Dallas, holding the Louise Cowan Chair since 2009. His academic career spans over four decades, including thirty years at Louisiana State University where he co-founded the Comparative Literature Doctoral Program. He is affiliated with the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture as a fellow.
- Education: B.A. in English Literature (University of Dallas, 1970), PhD in Comparative Literature (Yale University, 1975)
- Key Research Areas: Novel theory, Western epic traditions, critical thought
- Notable Contributions: NEH grant recipient for "Poetics of the Americas" institutes
His research explores the novel as a form across American, Russian, French, and German traditions, alongside the Western epic from Homer to Dante and tensions between ancient and modern critical thought. Publications include monographs on Melville and Dante, and edited volumes analyzing classical-modern philosophical intersections.
Cowan has taught courses ranging from Literary Tradition sequences to specialized graduate seminars on Hegel and Nietzsche. His work bridges literary analysis with metaphysical inquiry through the poetic imagination.
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