Alfred Kazin (1915–1998)
Auteur de A Walker in the City
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Œuvres de Alfred Kazin
On Native Grounds: An Interpretation Of Modern American Prose Literature (Harvest Book) (1942) 171 exemplaires
On Native Grounds: A Study of American Prose Literature from 1890 to the Present (1956) 9 exemplaires
The World of History: Great Historical Writings by Henry Steele Commager and Others (A Mentor Book) (1954) — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
Literature as a necessity of life 2 exemplaires
The Open Street 2 exemplaires
2. : La grande liberazione : 1918-1929 2 exemplaires
The Emmy Parrish lectures in American studies 1 exemplaire
An American Process 1 exemplaire
1. : La ricerca della realtà : 1890-1917 1 exemplaire
Storia della letteratura americana 1 exemplaire
American Heritage: Fear of the City, 1783-1983 1 exemplaire
The Indispensable Blake 1 exemplaire
Theodore Dreiser 1 exemplaire
3. : La letteratura della crisi : 1930-1940 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 965 exemplaires
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contributeur — 464 exemplaires
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributeur — 452 exemplaires
Selected Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1837) — Introduction; Directeur de publication — 219 exemplaires
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 132 exemplaires
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Contributeur — 109 exemplaires
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Contributeur — 93 exemplaires
New York Panorama: A Comprehensive Guide to the Metropolis (1938) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 54 exemplaires
Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul (2002) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires
African American History Collection, CD 2. The Negro in American Culture — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1915-06-05
- Date de décès
- 1998-06-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- cancer (prostate, bone)
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- City College of New York
- Professions
- writer
literary critic - Relations
- Birstein, Ann (spouse | 1952-1982)
Kazin, Michael (son) - Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1965)
The New Republic
Fortune - Prix et distinctions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1949)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 41
- Aussi par
- 32
- Membres
- 1,810
- Popularité
- #14,214
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 65
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 3