Kazin, Alfred 1915-1998
Overview
| Works: | 457 works in 1,664 publications in 4 languages and 40,670 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc History Political fiction Biographies Didactic fiction Historical fiction Autobiographies War fiction Juvenile works |
| Subject Headings: | Jews |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Performer, Contributor, Other, Speaker, Creator, wpr, pre, win, Commentator, Correspondent, Writer of accompanying material |
| Classifications: | PS2954, 813.3 |
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Most widely held works about
Alfred Kazin
- Alfred Kazin : a biography by Richard M Cook( )
- Writing was everything by Alfred Kazin( )
- Alfred Kazin's journals by Alfred Kazin( )
- Starting out in the thirties by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- New York Jew by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- A walker in the city by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- Alfred Kazin's America : critical and personal writings by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- A lifetime burning in every moment : from the Journals of Alfred Kazin by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- Our New York by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- What I saw at the fair by Ann Birstein( Book )
- American writers( )
- From immigrant Brownsville to the world of the New York intellectual : a study of Alfred Kazin's autobiographies by Ludger Brinker( )
- New York Jew by Alfred Kazin( Recording )
- A walker in the city by Alfred Kazin( Recording )
- Reminiscences of Alfred Kazin : by Alfred Kazin( )
- F.W. (Frederick Wilcox) Dupee papers by F. W Dupee( )
- On native grounds by Alfred Kazin( Recording )
- Albrecht collection II by William Price Albrecht( )
- Richard Hofstadter papers by Richard Hofstadter( )
- "The Messiah is Uptown" : Jewish literary practice in postwar America by Julian Levinson( )
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Most widely held works by
Alfred Kazin
On native grounds : an interpretation of modern American prose literature by
Alfred Kazin(
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121 editions published between 1942 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kazin argues that America's principal literary figures from the Civil War to World War II were bound directly to it's social development
121 editions published between 1942 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kazin argues that America's principal literary figures from the Civil War to World War II were bound directly to it's social development
Bright book of life: American novelists and storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer by
Alfred Kazin(
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62 editions published between 1971 and 1981 in 4 languages and held by 2,248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines American fiction from the 1940's to the 1970's
62 editions published between 1971 and 1981 in 4 languages and held by 2,248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines American fiction from the 1940's to the 1970's
An American procession by
Alfred Kazin(
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53 editions published between 1900 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 2,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the major American writers from the 1830's to the 1930's
53 editions published between 1900 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 2,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the major American writers from the 1830's to the 1930's
The portable Blake by
William Blake(
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47 editions published between 1946 and 1987 in English and held by 1,869 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of the most notable writings of William Blake
47 editions published between 1946 and 1987 in English and held by 1,869 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of the most notable writings of William Blake
Contemporaries. [Essays by
Alfred Kazin(
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42 editions published between 1924 and 1964 in 3 languages and held by 1,706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes essays on Herman Melville and Moby Dick, Henry David Thoreau, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Gertrude Stein, Sinclair Lewis, John P. Marquand, William Faulkner, Graham Greene, John O'Hara, Nelson Algren, James Agee, Lawrence Durrell, Dylan Thomas, Bernard Malamud, Saul Bellow, J.F. Powers, Robert Lowell, J.D. Salinger, Brendan Behan, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, Sholom Aleichem, Thomas Mann, and Albert Camus, among others. Includes five essays on Sigmund Freud
42 editions published between 1924 and 1964 in 3 languages and held by 1,706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes essays on Herman Melville and Moby Dick, Henry David Thoreau, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Gertrude Stein, Sinclair Lewis, John P. Marquand, William Faulkner, Graham Greene, John O'Hara, Nelson Algren, James Agee, Lawrence Durrell, Dylan Thomas, Bernard Malamud, Saul Bellow, J.F. Powers, Robert Lowell, J.D. Salinger, Brendan Behan, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, Sholom Aleichem, Thomas Mann, and Albert Camus, among others. Includes five essays on Sigmund Freud
God & the American writer by
Alfred Kazin(
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21 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,684 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A series of essays on major American poets, novelists, and statesmen exploring "what the meaning of God has been for American writers, and how those writers ... have expressed it."--Jacket
21 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,684 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A series of essays on major American poets, novelists, and statesmen exploring "what the meaning of God has been for American writers, and how those writers ... have expressed it."--Jacket
The stature of Theodore Dreiser : a critical survey of the man and his work by
Alfred Kazin(
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36 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in English and French and held by 1,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
36 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in English and French and held by 1,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
F. Scott Fitzgerald: the man and his work by
Alfred Kazin(
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50 editions published between 1951 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book collects "personal tributes, reviews, critiques and comments" to give "an over-all picture of Fitzgerald." -- Dust jacket
50 editions published between 1951 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book collects "personal tributes, reviews, critiques and comments" to give "an over-all picture of Fitzgerald." -- Dust jacket
A writer's America : landscape in literature by
Alfred Kazin(
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20 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the American landscape, wild, pastoral, or urbanized, and its influence on poets, essayists, and novelists
20 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the American landscape, wild, pastoral, or urbanized, and its influence on poets, essayists, and novelists
The open form: essays for our time by
Alfred Kazin(
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32 editions published between 1961 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
32 editions published between 1961 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The inmost leaf; a selection of essays by
Alfred Kazin(
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34 editions published between 1941 and 1979 in English and held by 1,014 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1941 and 1979 in English and held by 1,014 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writers at work : the Paris review interviews, third series by
Alfred Kazin(
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19 editions published between 1967 and 1982 in English and held by 978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Interviews and biographical notes, prepared for book publication by George Plimpton."
19 editions published between 1967 and 1982 in English and held by 978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Interviews and biographical notes, prepared for book publication by George Plimpton."
The Commentary reader : two decades of articles and stories by
Commentary(
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4 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 786 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of 51 articles and stories that appeared in the magazine, Commentary, between 1945 and 1965
4 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 786 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of 51 articles and stories that appeared in the magazine, Commentary, between 1945 and 1965
Specimen days by
Walt Whitman(
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4 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Whitman covers his life and accomplisments in diary-like entries, starting with his childhood in Long Island, to his time as a New York writer, to his volunteer work as a Washington field nurse during the Civil War, and his nature writings and travel diaries as an older man
4 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Whitman covers his life and accomplisments in diary-like entries, starting with his childhood in Long Island, to his time as a New York writer, to his volunteer work as a Washington field nurse during the Civil War, and his nature writings and travel diaries as an older man
Emerson: a modern anthology by
Ralph Waldo Emerson(
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34 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and held by 744 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selections from his journals, essays, letters, sermons, and poems
34 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and held by 744 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selections from his journals, essays, letters, sermons, and poems
Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly by
Harriet Beecher Stowe(
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28 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1852 novel provides a powerful, historical look at the treatment of slaves in the pre-Civil War South
28 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1852 novel provides a powerful, historical look at the treatment of slaves in the pre-Civil War South
Inventing the truth : the art and craft of memoir by
Russell Baker(
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2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 737 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Nine authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past. Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing the Truth offers wisdom from nine notable memoirists about their process (Ian Frazier searched through generations of family papers to understand his parents' lives), the hurdles they faced (Annie Dillard tackles the central dilemma of memoir: what to put in and what to leave out), and the unexpected joys of bringing their pasts to the page. Featured authors include Russell Baker on Growing Up; Jill Ker Conway on The Road from Coorain; Annie Dillard on An American Childhood; Ian Frazier on Family; Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Colored People; Alfred Kazin on A Walker in the City; Frank McCourt on Angela's Ashes; Toni Morrison on Beloved; and Eileen Simpson on Poets in Their Youth."--
2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 737 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Nine authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past. Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing the Truth offers wisdom from nine notable memoirists about their process (Ian Frazier searched through generations of family papers to understand his parents' lives), the hurdles they faced (Annie Dillard tackles the central dilemma of memoir: what to put in and what to leave out), and the unexpected joys of bringing their pasts to the page. Featured authors include Russell Baker on Growing Up; Jill Ker Conway on The Road from Coorain; Annie Dillard on An American Childhood; Ian Frazier on Family; Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Colored People; Alfred Kazin on A Walker in the City; Frank McCourt on Angela's Ashes; Toni Morrison on Beloved; and Eileen Simpson on Poets in Their Youth."--
The red badge of courage by
Stephen Crane(
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11 editions published between 1983 and 2004 in English and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war." "A young Union solider, Henry Fleming, tells of his feelings when he is under fire for the first time during the battle of Chancellorsville. He is overcome by fear and runs from the field. Later he returns to lead a charge that re-establishes his own reputation as well as that of his company. ONe of the great novels of the Civil War." Cincinnati Public Library
11 editions published between 1983 and 2004 in English and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war." "A young Union solider, Henry Fleming, tells of his feelings when he is under fire for the first time during the battle of Chancellorsville. He is overcome by fear and runs from the field. Later he returns to lead a charge that re-establishes his own reputation as well as that of his company. ONe of the great novels of the Civil War." Cincinnati Public Library
American modernism by
Richard Gray(
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays explore the social, philosophical, and political trends that influenced Modernism and the prominent writers of the movement
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays explore the social, philosophical, and political trends that influenced Modernism and the prominent writers of the movement
Contemporaries, from the 19th century to the present by
Alfred Kazin(
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2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Cook, Richard M. 1941- Compiler Author Editor
- Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945 Author
- Blake, William 1757-1827 Author
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Shapiro, Charles Other Author Editor
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) 1896-1940 Author
- Mazal Holocaust Collection
- Farrell, James T. (James Thomas) 1904-1979
- Bellow, Saul Author
- Lewis, Sinclair 1885-1951
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African Americans American essays American fiction American literature American prose literature Anderson, Sherwood, Authors Authors, American--Biography Autobiography Bellow, Saul Biography Blake, William, Cather, Willa, Christianity and literature Criticism Critics Dreiser, Theodore, English essays English poetry Farrell, James T.--(James Thomas), Fitzgerald, F. Scott--(Francis Scott), Fugitive slaves Glasgow, Ellen, God in literature Intellectual life Kazin, Alfred, Landscapes in literature Lewis, Sinclair, Literature Literature, Modern Local color in literature Master and servant Nature in literature Novelists, American Plantation life Political fiction Puritan movements in literature Religion and literature Sinclair, Upton, Slavery Slaves Southern States Theology in literature Uncle Tom--(Fictitious character) United States Virginia Virginia--Chancellorsville Wharton, Edith, Whitman, Walt, Williams, William Carlos,
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Alfred Kazin Amerikaans literatuurcriticus (1915-1998)
Alfred Kazin critico letterario e saggista statunitense
Alfred Kazin écrivain américain
Alfred Kazin escriptor estatunidenc
Alfred Kazin escritor estadounidense
Alfred Kazin scríbhneoir Meiriceánach
Alfred Kazin shkrimtar amerikan
Alfred Kazin US-amerikanischer Autor und Literaturkritiker
Alfred Kazin yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija
Kazin, A. 1915-1998
Kazin, A. (Alfred), 1915-1998
Kazin, Alfred
Kazin, Alfred 1915-
Альфред Казин американский писатель и литературный критик
אלפרד קייזין
אלפרד קייזין סופר אמריקאי
קזין, אלפרד 1915-1998
קיזין, אלפרד 1915-1998
קייזין, אלפרד 1915-1998
الفريد كازين
ألفريد كازين، 1915-1998
كازن، ألفريد، 1915-1998
アルフレッド・カジン
ケイジン, A.
ケイジン, アルフレッド
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