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Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (1923–2013)

Forfatter af A Writer's Companion

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Louis Decimus Rubin, Jr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina on November 19, 1923. After serving in the Army during World War II, he received a history degree the University of Richmond. He worked for The Associated Press and several newspapers including the Richmond News-Leader before receiving vis mere master's and doctoral degrees from Johns Hopkins University. In 1953, while still at Johns Hopkins University, he co-edited his first book, Southern Renascence: The Literature of the Modern South. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Hollins College, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a co-founder of Algonquin Books and founder of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In 1989, he retired from the UNC faculty after 22 years to focus on Algonquin Books. He was a prolific author who wrote novels, critical studies, histories, memoirs and a guide for predicting the weather. His books include Small Craft Advisory, Babe Ruth's Ghost, A Memory of Trains, An Honorable Estate, and My Father's People. He died from kidney disease on November 16, 2013 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Louis D. Rubin, Jr.

A Writer's Companion (1995) — Redaktør — 110 eksemplarer
The History of Southern Literature (1985) — Redaktør — 66 eksemplarer
The Quotable Baseball Fanatic (2000) — Redaktør — 30 eksemplarer
The Literary South: Louisiana (1979) 28 eksemplarer
The Algonquin Literary Quiz Book (1990) 28 eksemplarer
The Heat of the Sun: A Novel (1995) 20 eksemplarer
Seaports of the South: A Journey (1998) 20 eksemplarer
A Gallery of Southerners (1982) 16 eksemplarer
My Father's People: A Family of Southern Jews (2002) — Forfatter — 16 eksemplarer
Southern writing, 1585-1920 (1970) — Redaktør — 14 eksemplarer
Southern renascence: the literature of the modern South (1966) — Redaktør — 12 eksemplarer
The Summer the Archduke Died: Essays on Wars and Warriors (2008) — Forfatter — 12 eksemplarer
South: Modern Southern Literature in Its Cultural Setting (1961) — Redaktør — 12 eksemplarer
The comic imagination in American literature (1973) — Redaktør — 10 eksemplarer
Uptown/Downtown in Old Charleston: Sketches and Stories (2010) — Forfatter — 9 eksemplarer
The Golden Weather (Voices of the South) (1961) — Forfatter — 8 eksemplarer
Black Poetry in America (1974) 5 eksemplarer
Surfaces of a Diamond (1981) 4 eksemplarer
No Place on Earth (1959) 4 eksemplarer
George W. Cable: the life and times of a Southern heretic (1969) — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
The idea of an American novel (1961) — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer
The Teller in the Tale (1967) 3 eksemplarer
The Experience of America a Book of Readings — Redaktør — 2 eksemplarer
Virginia a History 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice (1919) — Efterskrift, nogle udgaver1,012 eksemplarer
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (1997) — Bidragyder — 301 eksemplarer
The Best American Short Stories 1981 (1981) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
A Richmond Reader, 1733-1983 (1983) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver26 eksemplarer
The Best American Short Stories 1979 (1979) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
James Branch Cabell: Centennial Essays (1983) — Bidragyder — 22 eksemplarer
Mannerhouse (1948) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver13 eksemplarer
A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs (2000) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Faulkner and Ideology (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series) (1995) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Literary Charleston: A Lowcountry Reader (1996) — Forord — 7 eksemplarer
Place in American Fiction: Excursions and Explorations (2005) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Papers on Proust (1966) — Introduktion — 1 eksemplar
Kalki : Studies in James Branch Cabell — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar

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Juridisk navn
Rubin, Louis Decimus, Jr.
Fødselsdato
1923-11-19
Dødsdag
2013-11-16
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Fødested
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Dødssted
Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA
Uddannelse
Johns Hopkins University (PhD|1954)
Johns Hopkins University (MA|1949)
University of Richmond (BA|1946)
Yale University (1943-44)
College of Charleston (1940-42)
Erhverv
editor
literary critic
publisher
professor
historian
novelist (vis alle 8)
journalist
essayist
Relationer
Barth, John (student)
Dillard, Annie (student)
Smith, Lee (student)
Gibbons, Kaye (student)
McCorkle, Jill (student)
Ravenel, Shannon (student) (vis alle 7)
Woodward, C. Vann (teacher)
Organisationer
Fellowship of Southern Writers (charter member)
The Hopkins Review (editor)
American Studies Association (executive secretary)
Hollins University (professor)
Hollins Critic (founder and editor)
Southern Literary Journal (co-founder) (vis alle 13)
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (founder, president, and editorial director)
Johns Hopkins University (instructor)
University of North Carolina (professor)
Louisiana State University Press (editor)
University of North Carolina Press (advisory editor)
Mississippi Quarterly (editorial board)
U.S. Information Agency Forums (co-ordinator)
Priser og hædersbevisninger
Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement (1997)
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, National Book Critics Circle
North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame (1997)
Sewanee Review fellowship (1953)
Guggenheim fellowship (1956)
American Council of Learned Societies fellowship (1964) (vis alle 18)
Distinguished Virginian Award (1972)
Litt.D., University of Richmond (1974)
Mayflower Society award (1978)
Jules F. Landry Award, Louisiana State University Press (1978)
D.Litt., Clemson University (1986)
D.Litt., University of the South (1992)
D.Litt., College of Charleston (1989)
D.Litt., University of North Carolina at Asheville (1993)
R. Hunt Parker Memorial Award for lifetime contributions to the literary heritage of North Carolina
South Carolina Academy of Authors (1987)
North Carolina Award (1992)
O. Max Gardner Medal (1989)

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Reread in light of so much that has been written and portrayed about the press, especially since the Trump era began. I treated it as a rest stop from more serious and denser reading; what I came away with, however, was some personal thoughts about my first job, then others’ first jobs and reminiscences … such as Twain in “Old Times on the Mississippi.”
 
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markburris | Jul 11, 2021 |
The most commendable facet of this collection is its diversity of perspective. There are analytical essays by scholars, tender meditations by fiction writers, and more formal critiques by literary critics. The result is a rather fair and balanced portrait of Wolfe's work.
 
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BeauxArts79 | May 30, 2021 |
A rather loosely connected group of essays, mostly originating as reviews of books about World War I, but opening with "A Certain Day in 1939" which described growing up as a Reformed Jewish boy in Charleston, SC between the two world wars, automatically accepting the southern military tradition even though his own ancestry had nothing to do w8th the Civil War. It is one of the best descriptions of how being "southern" and accepting the sentimental Confederate historical tradition could be something quite different from the racism with which it is usually identified. The other essays tend to express the view that World War I Germans were just "Nazis with better manners" and that World War I battles were all mindless slaughters, both of which I find a bit simplistic but probably natural for someone who grew up in his conditions as an American Jew who served (however ineptly, by his frank account) in World War 2. He does come across as a profoundly humane civilized human being.… (mere)
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