Anderson, Charles Roberts, 1902-1999
Variant namesAuthor and English professor, Duke University.
From the description of Charles Roberts Anderson papers, 1955-1984. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421816
Anderson was a scholar of American Literature. He served on the faculties of Duke University (1930-1941) and Johns Hopkins University (1941-1969).
From the description of Charles Roberts Anderson papers, 1806-1993 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46345756
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1902:
Charles Roberts Anderson born in Macon, Georgia -
1930:
Joined faculty of the English Department at Duke University -
1936:
Received doctorate from Columbia University; thesis was on Herman Melville's naval career -
1939:
Published Melville in the South Seas -
1941:
Appointed to faculty of Johns Hopkins University, in part to serve as general editor of the centennial edition of the collected works of Sydney Lanier, published in 1946 -
1949 -1970s :Became sought-after as an international lecturer on American literature, traveling to Heidelberg University (1949), the University of Rome (1952-1953), Japan (1954), and the University of Torino (1960); during the 1960s and 1970s the U.S. Department of State engaged him for a lecture tour of Japan, Southeast Asia, the Balkans, and other countries -
1960:
Published Emily Dickinson's Poetry: Stairway of Surprise, which received the Christian Gauss Book Award from Phi Beta Kappa in 1962 -
1965:
Edited the two-volume anthology, American Literary Masters -
1968:
Publication of The Magic Circle of Walden -
1976:
Memorial to Henry James unveiled at Westminster Abbey -
1977:
Published Person, Place, and Thing in Henry James's Novels, for which he won a second Christian Gauss award -
1999:
Died in Charleston, S.C.
From the guide to the Charles Roberts Anderson Papers, and undated, 1806-1993, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
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Birth 1902-10-17
Death 1999
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