About

Leo Beal Braudy

University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature and Professor of English

Contact Information
E-mail: braudy@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3751
Office: THH 447

 

Education
B.A. , Swarthmore College, 1963
M.A. , Yale University, 1965
Ph.D. , Yale University, 1967
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
University Professor, University of Southern California, 07/01/1997-  
Leo S. Bing Professor of English, University of Southern California, 07/01/1985-  
Professor, University of Southern California, 07/01/1983-06/30/1985  
Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 07/01/1976-06/30/1983  
Professor of Cinema Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974-1980  
Professor, Columbia University, 07/01/1973-06/30/1976  
Visiting Professor of English, Yale University, Spring 1975   
Associate Professor, Columbia University, 07/01/1970-06/30/1973  
Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 07/01/1968-06/30/1970  
Instructor, Yale University, 08/31/1966-06/30/1968  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
He is among America's leading film critics. Braudy, a frequent finalist for national book awards, teaches Restoration literature and history, American culture after World War Two, popular culture and critical theory, including the histories of visual style and film genres. His work appears in journals such as American Film, Film Quarterly, Genre, Novel, Partisan Review, and Prose Studies- to name a few. His book Jean Renoir: The World of His Films was a finalist for the National Book Award. The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Harper's. His most recent book, From Chivalry to Terrorism, was named Best of the Best by the Los Angeles Times and a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.
 

Publications

Book
Braudy, L., Cohen, M. (2008). Film Theory and Criticism, Introductory Readings, 7th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Braudy, L. (2008). From Chivalry to Terrorism, Spanish language translation. Mexico City: Oceano.
Braudy, L. (2007). From Chivalry to Terrorism, Chinese translation. Beijing: The Oriental Press.
Braudy, L. (2005). On The Waterfront. London, Berkeley: British Film Institute/University of California Press.
Braudy, Leo; Cohen, Marshall (Ed.). (2004). Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 6th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Braudy, L. (2003). From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity. New York: Alfred Knopf.
Braudy, L. (2003). The Plot of Time. Los Angeles, CA: Figueroa Press.
Braudy, L. (2002). The World in a Frame: What We See in Films, 25th Anniversary edition. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Braudy, L., Cohen, M. (1998). Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 5th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Braudy, L. (1997). The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History. New York, NY: Vintage.
Braudy, Leo; Cohen, Marshall (Ed.). (1992). Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 4th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Braudy, L. (1989). Jean Renoir: The World of his Films, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Braudy, L. (1986). The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Braudy, L. (1984). The World in a Frame: What We See in Films, 2d edition. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Braudy, Leo; Dickstein, Morris (Ed.). (1979). Great Film Directors. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Braudy, L. (1976). The World in a Frame: What We See in Films. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Braudy, L. (1972). Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player: A Collection of Critical Essays/Prentice-Hall.
Braudy, L. (1972). Norman Mailer: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Norman Mailer: A Collection of Critical Essays/Prentice-Hall.
Braudy, L. (1972). Jean Renoir: The World of His Films. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Braudy, L. (1970). Narrative Form in History and Fiction: Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon (1970). Princeton, New Jersey: Narrative Form in History and Fiction: Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon (1970)/Princeton University Press.
 

Book Chapter
Braudy, L. (2008). "Leo Braudy's Favorite Moments of Horror vs. Terror in Film. New York, NY: HarperColins.
 

Essay
Braudy, L. (2008). "Walt Whitman and Photography". Washington, DC. Smithsonian Click!.
 

Other
Braudy, L. (1992). Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction and Popular Culture (1992). Oxford University Press.
 

Honors and Awards
USC University Professor, 2001-  
Endowed Chair, Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature, 1986-  
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for From Chivalry to Terrorism, 2004  
'War and Masculinity' listed as one of ten "Best of the Best" by Los Angeles Times Book Review, 2003  
'War and Masculinity' listed under Notable Books by the New York Times Book Review, 2003  
USC Presidential Medallion, 1994  
Visiting Writer, American Academy, Rome, Spring 1991   
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Reognition Award for the Frenzy of Renown, Spring 1987   
Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1974-1975   
 
 
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