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'''Richard Poirier''' (born [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]], September 9, 1925, died [[New York City]], August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic.
{{for|the Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Richard A. Poirier}}
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'''Richard Poirier''' (born [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]], September 9, 1925, died [[New York City]], August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic.


== Career ==
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He co-founded the [[Library of America]], and served as chairman of its board. He was the Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature at [[Rutgers University]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mack|first=Arien (Editor)|title=IN TIME OF PLAGUE THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF LETHAL EPIDEMIC DISEASE|journal=Social Research|date=Autumn 1988|volume=55|issue=3|url=http://www.socres.org/vol55/issue553.htm#bios|accessdate=10 March 2011}}</ref> He was also the editor of ''[[Raritan Quarterly Review|Raritan]]'', a literary quarterly, and an editor of ''[[Partisan Review]]''. He was series editor of [[O. Henry Award|Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards]] from 1961 to 1966.
He graduated from [[Amherst College]], [[Yale University]], and [[Harvard University]], and also studied under the literary critic [[F. R. Leavis]] at [[Downing College, Cambridge]] on a Fulbright Scholarship.<ref>Bruce Weber, 'Richard Poirier, a Scholar of Literature, Dies at 83', ''New York Times'', 18 August 2009.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/books/18poirier.html]</ref><ref>Richard Poirier, 'The Great Tradition', ''New York Review of Books'', 12 December 1963.[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1963/12/12/the-great-tradition/]</ref>


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He co-founded the [[Library of America]], and served as chairman of its board. He was the Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature at [[Rutgers University]].<ref>{{cite journal|editor-last=Mack|editor-first=Arien |title=IN TIME OF PLAGUE THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF LETHAL EPIDEMIC DISEASE|journal=Social Research|date=Autumn 1988|volume=55|issue=3|url=http://www.socres.org/vol55/issue553.htm#bios|accessdate=10 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107120144/http://www.socres.org/vol55/issue553.htm#bios|archivedate=7 January 2011}}</ref> He was also the editor of ''[[Raritan Quarterly Review|Raritan]]'', a literary quarterly, and an editor of ''[[Partisan Review]]''. He was series editor of [[O. Henry Award|Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards]] from 1961 to 1966.
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In 1968, he signed the “[[Writers and Editors War Tax Protest]]” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.<ref>“Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''</ref>


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In 1968, he signed the "[[Writers and Editors War Tax Protest]]" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.<ref>"Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''</ref>
He graduated from [[Amherst College]], [[Yale University]], and [[Harvard University]].


==Works==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_8720686 Finding aid to Richard Poirier Collection at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/books/18poirier.html New York Times obituary]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/books/18poirier.html New York Times obituary]
* [http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9443318 Biographical page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031152/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9443318 Biographical page]
* [http://www.collegehillreview.com/005/index.html Special issue of ''College Hill Review'' (No. 5, Winter/Spring 2010) devoted to Richard Poirier and his legacy. Contributors include former colleagues, friends, and students. Among the articles is an extensive annotated bibliography of Poirier's writings.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175438/www.collegehillreview.com/005/index.html Special issue of ''College Hill Review'' (No. 5, Winter/Spring 2010) devoted to Richard Poirier and his legacy. Contributors include former colleagues, friends, and students. Among the articles is an extensive annotated bibliography of Poirier's writings.]


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Latest revision as of 05:22, 30 October 2023

For the Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, see Richard A. Poirier.

Richard Poirier (born Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1925, died New York City, August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic.

Career[edit]

He graduated from Amherst College, Yale University, and Harvard University, and also studied under the literary critic F. R. Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge on a Fulbright Scholarship.[1][2]

He co-founded the Library of America, and served as chairman of its board. He was the Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature at Rutgers University.[3] He was also the editor of Raritan, a literary quarterly, and an editor of Partisan Review. He was series editor of Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards from 1961 to 1966.

In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[4]

Works[edit]

  • Stories British and American (1953) with Jack Barry Ludwig
  • The Comic Sense of Henry James: A Study of the Early Novels (1960)
  • In Defense of Reading : A Reader's Approach to Literary Criticism (1963) editor with Reuben A. Brower
  • A World Elsewhere: The Place of Style in American Literature (1966)
  • American Literature: Volume Two (Little, Brown 1970) editor with William L. Vance
  • The Oxford Reader: Varieties of Contemporary Discourse (1971) editor with Frank Kermode
  • The Performing Self: Compositions and Decompositions in the Languages of Contemporary Life (1971)
  • Mailer (Fontana Modern Masters, 1972)
  • Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing (1977)
  • The Renewal Of Literature: Emersonian Reflections (Random House, 1987) ISBN 0-394-50140-3
  • Raritan Reading (1990) editor
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1990)
  • Poetry and Pragmatism (1992)
  • Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays of Robert Frost (Library of America, 1995) editor with Mark Richardson
  • Trying It Out in America: Literary and Other Performances (2003)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bruce Weber, 'Richard Poirier, a Scholar of Literature, Dies at 83', New York Times, 18 August 2009.[1]
  2. ^ Richard Poirier, 'The Great Tradition', New York Review of Books, 12 December 1963.[2]
  3. ^ Mack, Arien, ed. (Autumn 1988). "IN TIME OF PLAGUE THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF LETHAL EPIDEMIC DISEASE". Social Research. 55 (3). Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post

External links[edit]

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