Cook, Richard M., 1941-

Alfred Kazin : a biography / Richard M. Cook. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007. - x, 452 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-439) and index.

Brownsville -- The thirties: starting out -- The thirties: On native grounds -- The break (1942-1945) -- After the apocalypse (1945-1950) -- A walker in the city -- Living in the fifties (1951-1958) -- The writer in the world: part 1 (1958-1963) -- The writer in the world: part 2 (1963-1970) -- New York Jew (1970-1978) -- A new life (1978-1984) -- Politics -- "The end of things" (1984-1998).

9780300115055 (alk. paper) 0300115059 (alk. paper)

2007019874


Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.


American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Criticism--History--United States--20th century.
Critics--United States--Biography.
Literatuurkritiek.


United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

PS 29 .K38 / A3 2007