Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1919-1970.

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Dates:
Birth 1919
Death 1970

Biographical notes:

Literary critic and educator.

From the description of Papers, 1932-1978 (bulk 1938-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30891852

From the description of Papers of Stanley Edgar Hyman, 1932-1978 (bulk 1938-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070459

Biographical Note

1919, June 11 Born, New York, N.Y. 1940 Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse A.B., Syracuse University,Syracuse, N.Y. Married Shirley Jackson (died 1965) 1940 1970 Staff writer, New Yorker 1945 1946 Faculty member, Bennington College,Bennington, Vt. 1948 Published The Armed Vision (New York: A. A. Knopf. 417 pp.) 1953 1970 Faculty member, Bennington College,Bennington, Vt. 1956 Published The Critical Performance (New York: Vintage Books. 337 pp.) 1959 Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies 1961 Published Poetry and Criticism (New York: Atheneum. 178 pp.) 1961 1965 Literary critic, New Leader 1962 Published Nathanael West (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 48 pp.) Published The Tangled Bank (New York: Atheneum. 492 pp.) 1963 Published Darwin for Today (New York: Viking Press. 435 pp.) Published The Promised End (Cleveland: World Publishing Co. 380 pp.) 1966 Married Phoebe Pettingell Published Flannery O'Connor (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 48 pp.) Published Standards (New York: Horizon Press. 286 pp.) 1967 National Institute of Arts and Letters award in literary criticism 1970 N.Y. New York Visiting professor, State University of New York, Buffalo,N.Y. Published Iago (New York: Atheneum. 180 pp.) 1970, July 29 Died, Bennington, Vt.

From the guide to the Stanley Edgar Hyman Papers, 1932-1978, (bulk 1938-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • American literature
  • African Americans
  • Authors, American
  • Book reviewing
  • Universities and colleges
  • Universities and colleges
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  • Language and languages
  • Literature
  • Literature
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  • Authors, American
  • Critic
  • Critics
  • Educators

Places:

  • Vermont (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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