Granville Hicks correspondence with Newton Arvin, 1928-1963.

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Granville Hicks correspondence with Newton Arvin, 1928-1963.

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Contains Hicks's correspondence to Arvin, 1928-1962. Also included is the Arvin's correspondence (photocopies) to Hicks, 1929-1963, that are on deposit in the Syracuse University Library. In addition there is a photocopy of Arvin's unfinished memoirs of his youth (undated).

1 linear ft. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Arvin, Newton, 1900-1963

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Newton Arvin was born on August 9, 1900 in Valparaiso, Indiana. He was eduated at Harvard University (A.B., 1921) and joined the Smith College faculty in 1922. He taught at Smith until his forced retirement in 1960. He died on March 21, 1963 of pancreatic cancer. Arvin specialized in 19th century American literature and wrote biographies of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Melville and Whitman. He was often in residence at Yaddo where he formed friendships with Truman Capote, Carson McCullers and others. ...

Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982

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Hicks was a literary critic, novelist and teacher (1901-1982). He graduated from Harvard University, studied for the ministry and joined the Communist Party in 1934. He was the literary editor of the New masses and applied Marxist criticism to American literature in his writings. He broke with the Party in 1939 and in the 1950s testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities against the Party. Arvin (1900-1963) was also educated at Harvard University and taught at Smith College fr...