Alfred Kazin (1915–1998)
Autor/a de A Walker in the City
Sobre l'autor
Alfred Kazin, a literary critic and professor of English literature, was born in Brooklyn on June 5, 1915. He was educated at City College and Columbia University. Kazin established his own critical reputation in the mid-1940s with On Native Grounds (1942), a study of American literature. His later mostra'n més work, Bright Book of American Life (1973), is both a recapitulation of modernism and an evaluation of American writers who have achieved prominence since 1945. Modernism, a favorite topic of Kazin, is in his view a literary revolution marked by spontaneity and individuality but lacking in precisely the mass culture appeal necessary to its survival. Contemporaries (1962) includes reflective essays on travel, five essays on Freud, and some very perceptive essays on literary and political matters. The final section, "The Critic's Task," concerns itself with the critic's function within a popular and an academic context and with critical theory and principles. Starting Out in the Thirties (1965) describes Kazin's early years with The New Republic as book reviewer and evaluates his contemporaries in a period when the depression and radical political thought, pro and con, deeply affected literary production. In the midst of the current antihumanistic trend in literary theory, Kazin remains a literary critic of the old school, believing in the relevance of literature to modern life. Alfred Kazin died on June 5, 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de Alfred Kazin
On Native Grounds: An Interpretation Of Modern American Prose Literature (Harvest Book) (1942) 171 exemplars
Bright book of life: American novelists and storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer (1973) 52 exemplars
The World of History: Great Historical Writings by Henry Steele Commager and Others (A Mentor Book) (1954) — Editor — 6 exemplars
Literature as a necessity of life 2 exemplars
The Open Street 2 exemplars
2. : La grande liberazione : 1918-1929 2 exemplars
The Emmy Parrish lectures in American studies 1 exemplars
An American Process 1 exemplars
1. : La ricerca della realtà : 1890-1917 1 exemplars
Storia della letteratura americana 1 exemplars
American Heritage: Fear of the City, 1783-1983 1 exemplars
The Indispensable Blake 1 exemplars
Theodore Dreiser 1 exemplars
3. : La letteratura della crisi : 1930-1940 1 exemplars
Obres associades
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Col·laborador — 463 exemplars
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Col·laborador — 451 exemplars
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Col·laborador — 131 exemplars
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Col·laborador — 109 exemplars
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Col·laborador — 93 exemplars
New York Panorama: A Comprehensive Guide to the Metropolis (1938) — Introducció, algunes edicions — 54 exemplars
Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul (2002) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
African American History Collection, CD 2. The Negro in American Culture — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1915-06-05
- Data de defunció
- 1998-06-05
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Causa de la mort
- cancer (prostate, bone)
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- City College of New York
- Professions
- writer
literary critic - Relacions
- Birstein, Ann (spouse | 1952-1982)
Kazin, Michael (son) - Organitzacions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1965)
The New Republic
Fortune - Premis i honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1949)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 41
- També de
- 32
- Membres
- 1,800
- Popularitat
- #14,295
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 10
- ISBN
- 65
- Llengües
- 3
- Preferit
- 3