Westminster College English Professor Edits Book

Dr. James E. Perkins, professor of English and chair of the Department of English and Public Relations, co-edited Robert Penn Warren's All the Kings Men.

The book, edited by Perkins and James A. Grimshaw, Jr., regents professor of English at Texas A&M University, gives new perspectives on Warren's writing presented in this 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The introduction to this collection reviews the composition history of the works and their relationship to the novel and to each other.

"An engaging and valuable contribution to Robert Penn Warren scholarship. Significant research opportunities will be provided&in a volume that is expertly, indeed authoritatively edited and complete with an astute and illuminating introductory essay, careful documentary notes, and a meticulous consideration of textual emendations," said Lewis Simpson Boyd Professor of English, Emeritus, Louisiana State University.

The book, published by the University of Georgia Press, is currently available at Barnes & Noble in Boardman, Ohio, and can be ordered from the Booksource in Hermitage.

For more information, contact Perkins at (724) 946-7347.