Richard Ohmann
Richard Malin Ohmann (July 11, 1931October 8, 2021) was an American literary critic. Richard Malin Ohmann was born on July 11, 1931, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Oberlin College in 1952 and a master's and doctorate from Harvard University in 1954 and 1960, respectively. He began teaching at Wesleyan University in 1961, where he was the associate provost from 1966 to 1969. He was a full professor of English from 1966 and was named the Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language at some point. Ohmann held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964–65. Ohmann was a Marxist. At Wesleyan, he taught a course called "Economics of Fiction". Ohmann died on October 8, 2021, in Hawley, Massachusetts. Books 

 
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1931 births
2021 deaths
American literary critics
American Marxists
Harvard University alumni
Oberlin College alumni
People from Shaker Heights, Ohio
Wesleyan University faculty