Jay Clayton (critic), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jay Clayton (critic)

American literary critic

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1951

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States

Profession: journalist, literary critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jay Clayton (born July 11, 1951 in Dallas, Texas, as John B.
Clayton, IV) is an American literary critic who is known for his pioneering work on the relationship between nineteenth-century culture and postmodernism.
He has published influential works on Romanticism and the novel, Neo-Victorian literature, steampunk, hypertext fiction, online games, contemporary American fiction, technology in literature, and genetics in literature and film.
He is the William R.
Kenan, Jr.
Professor of English and Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.