James Twitchell
Professor
James Twitchell is Professor of English
and Advertising. He received his PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and has been at
Florida since 1972. He has written The Living Dead: The Vampire in
Romantic Literature (1980), Romantic Horizons: Aspects of
the Sublime in English Poetry and Painting 1770–1850 (1983), Dreadful
Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror (1985), Forbidden
Partners: The Incest Taboo in Modern Culture (1987), Preposterous
Violence: Fables of Aggression in Modern Culture (1989), Carnival
Culture: The Trashing of Taste in America (1992), Adcult
USA: The Triumph of Advertising in America (1995), For
Shame: The Loss of Common Decency in American Culture (1997),
Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism
(1999), Twenty Ads That Shook The World: The Century’s Most
Groundbreaking Advertising (2000), Living It Up: America’s
Love Affair With Luxury (2002), Branded Nation: The
Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld (2004), Where
Men Hide (2006, with photos by Ken Ross), and Shopping
for God: How Christianity Went from In Your Heart to In Your Face (2007).
Contact and Further Information
- office: Turlington Hall 4356
- voice: (352) 392-6650, ext. 277
- fax: (352) 392-0860
- email: <jtwitche@english.ufl.edu>