Kazin, Alfred 1915-1998
Overview
| Works: | 448 works in 1,530 publications in 3 languages and 37,717 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Psychological fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Sea stories History Political fiction Biography Didactic fiction Juvenile works Action and adventure fiction |
| Subject Headings: | Jews |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Contributor, Performer, Other, Speaker, pre, Commentator, wpr, win, Correspondent, Writer of accompanying material |
| Classifications: | PS2384, 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( )
- 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 journals by Alfred Kazin( )
- 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 )
- Starting out in the thirties by Alfred Kazin( Book )
- [Alfred Kazin and David Finn]( Visual )
- On native grounds by Alfred Kazin( Recording )
- Historical humanism in the work of two New York intellectuals : Irving Howe and Alfred Kazin by Eric Abraham Glaberson( )
- "The Messiah is Uptown" : Jewish literary practice in postwar America by Julian Levinson( )
- Albrecht collection II by William Price Albrecht( )
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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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113 editions published between 1942 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,924 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
113 editions published between 1942 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,924 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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57 editions published between 1971 and 1981 in 4 languages and held by 2,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines American fiction from the 1940's to the 1970's
57 editions published between 1971 and 1981 in 4 languages and held by 2,280 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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47 editions published between 1900 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 2,131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the major American writers from the 1830's to the 1930's
47 editions published between 1900 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 2,131 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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45 editions published between 1946 and 1987 in English and held by 1,897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of the most notable writings of William Blake
45 editions published between 1946 and 1987 in English and held by 1,897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of the most notable writings of William Blake
Contemporaries. [Essays by
Alfred Kazin(
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39 editions published between 1924 and 1964 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,723 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
39 editions published between 1924 and 1964 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,723 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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20 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,689 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
20 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,689 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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30 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in English and held by 1,472 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
30 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in English and held by 1,472 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
F. Scott Fitzgerald: the man and his work by
Alfred Kazin(
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47 editions published between 1951 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
47 editions published between 1951 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A writer's America : landscape in literature by
Alfred Kazin(
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18 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 1,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the American landscape, wild, pastoral, or urbanized, and its influence on poets, essayists, and novelists
18 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 1,121 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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27 editions published between 1961 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,075 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
27 editions published between 1961 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,075 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 1,009 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1941 and 1979 in English and held by 1,009 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writers at work : the Paris review interviews, third series by
Alfred Kazin(
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24 editions published between 1967 and 1982 in English and held by 944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Interviews and biographical notes, prepared for book publication by George Plimpton."
24 editions published between 1967 and 1982 in English and held by 944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Interviews and biographical notes, prepared for book publication by George Plimpton."
Emerson: a modern anthology by
Ralph Waldo Emerson(
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32 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and held by 759 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selections from his journals, essays, letters, sermons, and poems
32 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and held by 759 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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26 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in English and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1852 novel provides a powerful, historical look at the treatment of slaves in the pre-Civil War South
26 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in English and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1852 novel provides a powerful, historical look at the treatment of slaves in the pre-Civil War South
American modernism by
Richard Gray(
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 541 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 541 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays explore the social, philosophical, and political trends that influenced Modernism and the prominent writers of the movement
The red badge of courage by
Stephen Crane(
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10 editions published between 1983 and 2004 in English and held by 531 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
10 editions published between 1983 and 2004 in English and held by 531 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
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 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Call it sleep by
Henry Roth(
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13 editions published between 1962 and 2006 in English and held by 352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When Henry Roth published his debut novel Call It Sleep in 1934, it was greeted with considerable critical acclaim, though, in those troubled times, lackluster sales. Only with its paperback publication thirty years later did this novel receive the recognition it deserves - and still enjoys. Having sold to date millions of copies worldwide, Call It Sleep is the story of David Schearl, the "dangerously imaginative" child coming of age in the slums of New York."--Jacket
13 editions published between 1962 and 2006 in English and held by 352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When Henry Roth published his debut novel Call It Sleep in 1934, it was greeted with considerable critical acclaim, though, in those troubled times, lackluster sales. Only with its paperback publication thirty years later did this novel receive the recognition it deserves - and still enjoys. Having sold to date millions of copies worldwide, Call It Sleep is the story of David Schearl, the "dangerously imaginative" child coming of age in the slums of New York."--Jacket
Moby Dick by
Herman Melville(
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11 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in English and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Penguin English Library Edition of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in twain ... 'Moby-Dick is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn vengeance, at any cost. A creation unlike any other, this is an epic story of fatal monomania and the deepest dreams and obsessions of mankind. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War
11 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in English and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Penguin English Library Edition of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in twain ... 'Moby-Dick is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn vengeance, at any cost. A creation unlike any other, this is an epic story of fatal monomania and the deepest dreams and obsessions of mankind. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War
Sister Carrie by
Theodore Dreiser(
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26 editions published between 1963 and 1994 in English and held by 319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and moves to New York, and when her husband loses his job, returns to the stage
26 editions published between 1963 and 1994 in English and held by 319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and moves to New York, and when her husband loses his job, returns to the stage
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Related Identities
- Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945 Author
- Cook, Richard M. 1941- Author
- Blake, William 1757-1827 Author
- Shapiro, Charles Other Author Editor
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) 1896-1940 Author
- Mazal Holocaust Collection
- Farrell, James T. (James Thomas) 1904-1979
- Cather, Willa 1873-1947
- Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 Author
- Lewis, Sinclair 1885-1951
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African Americans Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) American Civil War (1861-1865) American essays American fiction American literature American prose literature Boys Chancellorsville, Battle of (Virginia : 1863) Christianity and literature Criticism Critics Dreiser, Theodore, English poetry Fitzgerald, F. Scott--(Francis Scott), Fugitive slaves God in literature Illinois--Chicago Immigrants Intellectual life Jewish families Jews Kazin, Alfred, Literature Literature, Modern Master and servant Mentally ill Mistresses Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) New York (State)--New York New York (State)--New York--Lower East Side Plantation life Political fiction Puritan movements in literature Religion and literature Sea stories Ship captains Sister Carrie (Dreiser, Theodore) Slavery Slaves Southern States Theology in literature Uncle Tom--(Fictitious character) United States Virginia Virginia--Chancellorsville Whales Whaling Whaling ships Young women
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Alternative Names
Alfred Kazin Amerikaans literatuurcriticus (1915-1998)
Alfred Kazin critico letterario e saggista statunitense
Alfred Kazin écrivain américain
Alfred Kazin escritor estadounidense
Kazin, A. 1915-1998
Kazin, A. (Alfred), 1915-1998
Kazin, Alfred
Kazin, Alfred 1915-
אלפרד קייזין
אלפרד קייזין סופר אמריקאי
קזין, אלפרד 1915-1998
קיזין, אלפרד 1915-1998
קייזין, אלפרד 1915-1998
ألفريد كازين، 1915-1998
كازن، ألفريد، 1915-1998
ケイジン, A.
ケイジン, アルフレッド
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