Francis Otto Matthiessen (February 19, 1902 – April 1, 1950) was an educator, scholar and literary critic influential in the fields of American literature...
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Kaplan called the poem "thoroughly conventional". The literary critic F. O. Matthiessen criticized the poem, writing in 1941 that its early popularity was...
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brilliant personification of the very essence of fanaticism". Scholar F. O. Matthiessen calls attention to the fact that Ahab is called an "ungodly god-like...
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List of literary initials (section O)
Griswold F. C. Burnand – Francis Cowley Burnand F. E. Fryatt – Frances Elizabeth Fryatt F. E. Mills Young – Florence Ethel Mills Young F. O. Matthiessen – Francis...
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(1902), The Ambassadors (1903), and The Golden Bowl (1904). Critic F. O. Matthiessen called this "trilogy" James's major phase, and these novels have certainly...
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Romanticism and was closely associated with Transcendentalism. Scholar F. O. Matthiessen originated the phrase "American Renaissance" in his 1941 book American...
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one scholar describes it as "arguably his funniest work", scholar F. O. Matthiessen calls it "the most moving of its author's books before Moby-Dick"...
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movement, Matthiessen observes: "They are no less notable for breadth; and the more sustained among them, for an heroic dignity." F. O. Matthiessen, in 1941...
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Porsches and BMWs. Notable alumni include: Alan Seeger 1906, poet F. O. Matthiessen 1919, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard Professor Philip Johnson 1923, architect...
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and poetic "primativism" which was ahead of its time in the 1840s. F. O. Matthiessen rejected the repetitive sounds employed and musical tone as "a case...
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the members and supporters of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus, the F. O. Matthiessen Visiting Professorship of Gender and Sexuality is named for a mid-20th...
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shock at the unfavorable reception of the "Divinity School Address". F. O. Matthiessen focused instead on the philosophical content of the poem, arguing...
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to her appointment at the University of Michigan, she was the 2014 F. O. Matthiessen Visiting Professor of Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University....
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collection American Cultural Critics covered mainly later figures, such as F. O. Matthiessen and Susan Sontag, involved in debates on American culture as national...
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for the best traditions of high scholarship." Winners have included F. O. Matthiessen, Prosser Gifford, Eugene V. Rostow, Jake Sullivan, Jan Deutsch, Andre...
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Davenport (1923), editor of Fortune magazine; created Fortune 500 list F. O. Matthiessen (1923), historian, literary critic: 126 Edwin Foster Blair (1924)...
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in the creation of Matthiessen State Park. Matthiessen was the paternal grandfather of scholar and Harvard professor F.O. Matthiessen. Born March 5, 1835...
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critic M. H. Abrams: The Mirror and the Lamp (study of Romanticism) F. O. Matthiessen: originated the concept "American Renaissance" Perry Miller: Puritan...
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and in the 1930s Richards' commentary was taken further by F. R. Leavis, F. O. Matthiessen and Cleanth Brooks, who believed that, despite its apparent...
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winters in warm climes. He was the longtime partner and lover of author F. O. Matthiessen, who was also a Yale graduate and became a member of Skull & Bones...
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Short Beach, Connecticut. None of Wilcox's works were included by F. O. Matthiessen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose fourteen...
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Lessing Sinclair Lewis Pre-1600 manuscripts Thomas Mann F. T. Marinetti John Masefield F. O. Matthiessen The Mellon Collection of Alchemy and the Occult George...
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List of LGBT writers (section O)
this list should include a reference. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z "Interview with Barry Adam". Community-Based...
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influenced the style of his next book, Moby-Dick (1851). The critic F. O. Matthiessen found that the language of Shakespeare far surpasses other influences...
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Matis 2 March 1967 – 25 February 2000 32 Los Altos, California, US G F. O. Matthiessen 19 February 1902 – 1 April 1950 48 Kittery, Maine, US G Milo Mazurkiewicz...
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of English and classics at California State University, Northridge F. O. Matthiessen (B.A. 1923), literary historian, professor at Harvard University Christie...
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Melville, whose works were perceived as autobiography. The critic F.O. Matthiessen complained as early as 1941 that "most of the criticism of our past...
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List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: M (redirect from List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/K-O)
instituce [Lexicon of Czech literature. Part 3. Volume I: M-O] (PDF) (in Czech). Vol. 3/I: M-O. Prague: Academia. pp. 240–241. ISBN 978-80-200-0708-7. Archived...
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that Shakespeare knew the translated work before the publication. F. O. Matthiessen, in his analysis of Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays, suggested...
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called Monthly Review, using money from historian and literary critic F. O. Matthiessen. The first issue appeared in May of that year, and included Albert...
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