Christopher Grobe is Assistant Professor of English at Amherst College. His scholarly essays have appeared in PMLA, Theater, Theatre Survey, and NLH, as well as in several edited collections. He has also written essays and reviews for Public Books and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
"Grobe helps uncover continuities between Robert Lowell and reality
television, revealing that all along confession has been a matter
of art as much as truth. … The Art of Confession is itself an
impressive performance, written with an eloquence and uncommon
verve."
*Los Angeles Review of Books*
"Grobetraces the history and evolution of modern American
confessional art in this impressive and wide-ranging debut. An
engrossing . . . work of literary scholarship for the 21st
century."
*Publishers Weekly*
"A feeling that Grobe is working to piece things together, and take
them apart, to present them to the reader for further
contemplation. . . . resonates strongly throughout the book. Seeing
the author arrive at his conclusions, rather than present them as a
fait accompli, offers a compelling act of reading."
*Popmatters*
"Grobe explores 'the performance of self' in as multifarious a
fashion as befits the topic and with just the right balance of
theoretical acumen, playfulness, tongue-in-cheek observations, and
historical, literary, political, and cultural accuracy."
*STARRED Library Journal*
"A cogent and often entertaining demonstration of what the
confessional self looks like as it unfolds over his subjects’
cross-media careers during decades rife with cultural and political
significance."
*Biography*
"I must confess: I loveThe Art of Confession. In clear and stylish
prose, with gusto and flourish, andthrough original arguments about
the compulsion to confess and the compulsion to perform, Grobe has
produced a stunning book. Broadly engaged, yet sharply focused,
this workis cultural criticism of the highest standard."
*Nick Salvato,author of Obstruction*
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