John Sutherland

Visiting Professor of Literature at CalTech

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Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature at University College, London, and Visiting Professor of Literature at CalTech

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The travails of  Anna Nicole Smith --in life and death--have moved from the tabloids and cable TV to the  Washington Post  and  New York Times .  Media critics have wondered why the…

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