Dr Michael D Garval

Professor and Director MA in Liberal Studies Program

• Vita: download vita

• Email: garval@ncsu.edu
• Phone: 919-515-2220

Teaching and Research Interests

Nineteenth-century French literature and culture, word & image studies, celebrity, and gastronomy.

Publications

Books:

Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture

"A Dream of Stone": Fame, Vision, and Monumentality in Nineteenth-Century French Literary Culture

Sample articles: 

Visions of Pork Production, Past and Future, on French Belle Epoque Pig Postcards

Cléo de Mérode's Postcard Stardom

Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef

Education

• Ph.D in French from New York University, 1992