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'''Richard Poirier''' (born [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]], September 9, 1925, died [[New York City]], August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic. |
'''Richard Poirier''' (born [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]], September 9, 1925, died [[New York City]], August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic. |
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He co-founded of the ''[[Library of America]]'', and served as chairman of its Board. He was Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature ([[professor emeritus|emeritus]]) at [[Rutgers University]], and the editor ([[editor emeritus|emeritus]]) of [[Raritan Quarterly Review|Raritan]], a literary quarterly. He was also an editor of ''[[Partisan Review]]''. |
He co-founded of the ''[[Library of America]]'', and served as chairman of its Board. He was NOT Marius Bewley. MARIUS EUGENE BEWLEY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1916 AND DIED IN 172. F ANYONE DISPUTES THIS CALL ME AT 503-228-8443. |
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE ACCURATE, BUT IT DESCRIBES A PERSON OTHER THAN MARIUS BEWLEY. I Professor of American and English Literature ([[professor emeritus|emeritus]]) at [[Rutgers University]], and the editor ([[editor emeritus|emeritus]]) of [[Raritan Quarterly Review|Raritan]], a literary quarterly. He was also an editor of ''[[Partisan Review]]''. |
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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> |
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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Revision as of 00:11, 10 March 2011
Richard Poirier (born Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1925, died New York City, August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic.
He co-founded of the Library of America, and served as chairman of its Board. He was NOT Marius Bewley. MARIUS EUGENE BEWLEY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1916 AND DIED IN 172. F ANYONE DISPUTES THIS CALL ME AT 503-228-8443.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE ACCURATE, BUT IT DESCRIBES A PERSON OTHER THAN MARIUS BEWLEY. I Professor of American and English Literature (emeritus) at Rutgers University, and the editor (emeritus) of Raritan, a literary quarterly. He was also an editor of Partisan Review.
In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[1]
Works
- 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 Readers 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 0394501403
- 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
- ^ “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 New York Post