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Miles Orvell is a professor of English and American studies at Temple University.[1] He is the founding editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies.[2][3]
Orvell received his B.A. from Columbia University and Ph.D. from Harvard University.[4] He joined the faculty of Temple University in 1969.[3]
Orvell has written on literary criticism and American cultural history with a specialization in visual culture.[1][5][6][7] He has also written about the intersections between technology and culture as well as small-town life in America and its role in American culture and identity.[8][9] From 2003 to 2011, he was the editor of the Encyclopedia of American Studies.[2]
His book, The Real Thing, inspired British artist Holly Hendry's exhibition The Dump Is Full of Images at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2019.[10]