Richard Pearce is professor emeritus of English at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is the author of the book Stages of the Clown: Perspectives on Modern Fiction from Dostoyevsky to Beckett and has contributed to a number of literary journals.

Richard Pearce is professor emeritus of English at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is the author of the book Stages of the Clown: Perspectives on Modern Fiction from Dostoyevsky to Beckett and has contributed to a number of literary journals.

Richard Pearce is professor emeritus of English at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is the author of the book Stages of the Clown: Perspectives on Modern Fiction from Dostoyevsky to Beckett and has contributed to a number of literary journals.