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Van Wyck Brooks

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American literary critic, biographer and historian (1886–1963)

Born 1886
Died 1963

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  • Cover of: The confident years: 1885-1915.

    First published in 1952 — 23 editions
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  • Cover of: The flowering of New England, 1815-1865

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  • Cover of: The ordeal of Mark Twain

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  • Cover of: America's coming-of-age.

    First published in 1915 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: The world of Washington Irving.

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  • Cover of: New England: Indian summer, 1865-1915

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  • Cover of: The times of Melville and Whitman.

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  • Cover of: John Addington Symonds: a biographical study

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  • Cover of: The malady of the ideal

    First published in 1913 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The life of Emerson

    First published in 1932 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The world of H. G. Wells.

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  • Cover of: Emerson and others

    First published in 1900 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Opinions of Oliver Allston

    First published in 1941 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The flowering of New England.

    First published in 1936 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The writer in America

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  • Cover of: From a writer's notebook.

    First published in 1955 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The dream of Arcadia: American writers and artists in Italy, 1760-1915.

    First published in 1958 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Helen Keller: Sketch for a portrait.

    First published in 1956 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Our literary heritage: a pictorial history of the writer in America

    Cover of edition ourliteraryherit00broo First published in 1956 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Van Wyck Brooks-Lewis Mumford letters: the record of a literary friendship, 1921-1963.

    First published in 1970 — 6 editions
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American literary critic, biographer and historian (1886–1963)

Born 1886
Died 1963

Subjects

American literature, History and criticism, American Authors, Biography, Civilization, Intellectual life, Criticism and interpretation, Homes and haunts, In literature, Literatur, Literature, American National characteristics, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Authors, Correspondence, American literature, history and criticism, Critics, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Americans, Criticism, Emerson, ralph waldo, 1803-1882, Fiction, History, Littérature américaine, PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Places

United States, New England, Alabama, Great Britain, Italy, Jefferson, Mississippi, Neuengland, Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis), Owl Creek Bridge, Southern States, Yoknapatawpha County

People

Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Helen Keller (1880-1968), Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881), Mark Twain (1835-1910), Maurice de Guérin (1810-1839), Sénancour, Étienne Pivert de (1770-1846), Caddy, Colonel Sartoris, Dilsey, Emily Grierson, Ernest Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), H. G. Wells (1866-1946), Henri Frédéric Amiel, Henry James (1843-1916), Herman Melville (1819-1891), Homer Barron, Jailer, Jason, Jesus, John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), John Sloan (1871-1951), Lewis Mumford (1895-), Maurice de Guérin

Time

19th century, 20th century, 1783-1850, 1783-1865, 1861-65, 1950's, 19e siècle, Antebellum era, Early 18th century, Early 19th century

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Alternative names

  • Brooks, Van Wyck
  • VanWyck Brooks
  • van brooks

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November 10, 2024 Edited by Zora Elbe merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
May 17, 2014 Edited by Alessandro Francesco Pernice Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import