Stephen Matterson

Stephen Matterson is Professor of English Studies and a Fellow of the College at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. He is the author or editor of nine books and over sixty articles, essays and reviews on aspects of US literature. His past publications include the Penguin Classics edition of "Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man" (edited with an Introduction and Notes, 1990); "American Literature: The Essential Glossary "(2003); the Wordsworth edition of "The Complete Poems of Walt...See more

Stephen Matterson is Professor of English Studies and a Fellow of the College at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. He is the author or editor of nine books and over sixty articles, essays and reviews on aspects of US literature. His past publications include the Penguin Classics edition of "Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man" (edited with an Introduction and Notes, 1990); "American Literature: The Essential Glossary "(2003); the Wordsworth edition of "The Complete Poems of Walt Whitman" (edited with an introduction and notes, 2006); and "Studying Poetry" (with Darryl Jones; 1st edition, 2000; updated and enlarged second edition, 2011). See less