Biography;

Literary scholar; university professor. Born– February 7, 1944, Indianapolis, Ind. Parents– Robert and Dorothy Felgar. Married– Cynthia Sass, May 13, 1965. Children– Two. Education– Occidental College, B.A., 1966; Duke University, M.A., 1968; Ph.D., 1970. Taught at Duke, 1969-1970; Virginia Wesleyan College, 1970-1971; Jacksonville State University, 1971-.

Source:

Robert Felgar, III.

Jakcsonville State University website

Publication(s):

American Slavery:  A Historical Exploration of Literature.  Santa Barbara, CA:  Greenwood Press, 2014.

Historian’s Narrative of Frederick Douglass:  Reading Douglass’s Autobiography as Social and Cultural History.  Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2017.

Richard Wright. Boston; Twayne Publishers, 1980.

Student Companion to Richard Wright.  Westport, Connecticut:  Greenwood Press, 2000.

Understanding Richard Wright’s Black Boy: A Student Casebook.  Westport, Connecticut:  Greenwood Press, 1998.

Contributor:

Dictionary of the Black Theatre. Westport, Conn.; Greenwood Press, 1983.