Seymour L. Gross
Seymour Lee Gross (born January 28, 1926 in New York , † November 15, 1998 in Albuquerque ) was an American literary scholar who has emerged particularly with work on Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville .
Gross studied at the University of Denver ( AB 1949, AM 1950) and received his doctorate in 1954 at the University of Illinois with a thesis on the short stories of Hawthorne for Ph.D. He then taught English and especially American literature at Indiana University South Bend-Mishawaka , and later at the University of Notre Dame .
Works
- A Scarlet Letter Handbook. Wadsworth, San Francisco 1960.
- (Ed. With Milton R. Stern): American Literature Survey: Colonial and Federal to 1800. Viking, New York 1962, expanded edition 1973.
- A Benito Cereno Handbook. Wadsworth, Belmont CA 1965.
- (Ed. With John Edward Hardy): Images of the Negro in American Literature. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1966.
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| SURNAME | Gross, Seymour L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gross, Seymour Lee (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1998 |
| Place of death | Albuquerque |