Barbara Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Barbara Johnson

American literary critic

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1947

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 27-Aug-2009

Profession: translator, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Barbara Ellen Johnson (October 4, 1947 – August 27, 2009) was an American literary critic and translator, born in Boston.
She was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard University.
Her scholarship incorporated a variety of structuralist and poststructuralist perspectives—including deconstruction, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and feminist theory—into a critical, interdisciplinary study of literature.
As a scholar, teacher, and translator, Johnson helped make the theories of French philosopher Jacques Derrida accessible to English-speaking audiences in the United States at a time when they had just begun to gain recognition in France.
Accordingly, she is often associated with the "Yale School" of academic literary criticism.