Charles HarrisCharles B. Harris is Emeritus Professor of English at Illinois State University. His books include Contemporary American Novelists of the Absurd (1971), Passionate Virtuosity: The Fiction of John Barth (1983), and The Holodeck in the Garden: Science nd Technology in Contemporary American Fiction (2004); his articles on American fiction and the profession of English studies have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and essay collections; and he is publisher emeritus of American Book Review. Read More Read Less