Harry Levin
Harry Tuchman Levin (born July 18, 1912 in Minneapolis , † May 29, 1994 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American literary scholar and critic.
Levin studied English and American literature at Harvard University until 1933 and taught there from 1939 until his retirement in 1983. He is one of the founders of comparative literature and was Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature from 1960 to 1983 . In addition to modern literature, his main interests were the work of William Shakespeare and the English literature of the Renaissance.
Levin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1950, the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1960 , the American Philosophical Society in 1961, and the British Academy in 1982 . Since 1985, the American Comparative Literature Association has awarded the Harry Levin Prize for books on the history and criticism of literature. Harvard University established the Harry Levin Professorship in Literary Studies in 1997.
Fonts
- James Joyce : A Critical Introduction (1941)
- Toward Stendhal (1945)
- Ed .: The Portable James Joyce (1947)
- Toward Balzac (1947)
- Ed .: Perspectives of Criticism (1950)
- The overreacher, a study of Christopher Marlowe (1952)
- Symbolism and Fiction (1956)
- Contexts of Criticism (1957)
- The Power of Blackness: Hawthorne , Poe , Melville (1958)
- The Question of Hamlet (1959)
- Irving Babbitt and the Teaching of Literature (1960)
- Ed .: The Scarlet Letter and other Tales of the Puritans by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1961)
- The Gates of Horn: A Study of Five French Realists (1963)
- Ed .: The Comedy of Errors (1965)
- Refractions: Essays in Comparative Literature (1966)
- Playboys and Killjoys: An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy (1988)
swell
- Harvard University Library - Levin, Harry, 1912-1994. Harry Levin papers, 1920-1995: Guide.
- JSTOR: "Proceedings of the American Philosophica" VOL 140 No 1, March 1996 - Harry Tuchman Levin
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: Harry Levin. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 9, 2019 .
- ^ Member History: Harry Levin. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 5, 2019 .
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 29, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levin, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levin, Harry Tuchman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary scholar and critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1994 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Minnesota |