Robert Torrance
American literary critic
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| Intro | American literary critic | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Critic Literary critic | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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Robert M. Torrance (born 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at UC Davis.
Torrance received his B.A. from Harvard in Greek and English, his M.A. at UC Berkeley in Comparative Literature, and his Ph. D. at Harvard in Comparative Literature. After teaching at Harvard and at Brooklyn College of CUNY, he moved to UC Davis in 1976. During his 25 years at Davis, he served several terms as both director and graduate adviser.