Harold Schweizer received his Ph.D. from the University of Zürich, Switzerland. He is Professor of English Emeritus at Bucknell University where he taught poetry, literary theory, and Holocaust studies for 32 years. His other books with Routledge are On Waiting (2008) and On Lingering and Literature (2021). A recipient of two excellence in teaching awards, Schweizer is a widely published poet and literary critic.