Ernst Van Alphen

Ernst van Alphen is the Queen Beatrix Professor of Dutch Studies and professor of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as professor of literary studies at the University of Leiden. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Armando: Shaping Memory ; Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature, and Theory ; and Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self .

Ernst van Alphen is the Queen Beatrix Professor of Dutch Studies and professor of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as professor of literary studies at the University of Leiden. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Armando: Shaping Memory ; Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature, and Theory ; and Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self . See less