James W. Tuttleton
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Dr. James Welsey Tuttleton (August 19, 1934, St. Louis, Missouri
- November 1998) was the former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Faculty of the English Department of New York University
(NYU) and also served as Chairman of NYU's English Department and Associate Dean of the Graduate School. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE1D61638F93AA15750C0A96E958260 He was one of the foremost literary critics of twentieth century, prominent especially as a "conservative" critic.
As an essayist on literature and culture and as a scholar of the work and the novel of manners, he earned international distinction. Tuttleton is deservedly known for his penetrating essays and solid positions he held regarding the literature’s role and character.http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/16/oct97/tuttle.htm Tuttleton was described in a New York Times review as “inveighing against everything from political correctness in the academy to those writers who would subordinate the imperatives of art to ideological considerations”, and also “curmudgeonly conservative”. Dr. Tuttleton described some contemporary critics as critical terrorists who would distort literature’s meanings.http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/04/24/bookven.t_0.php
Dr. Tuttleton provided close critical readings of writers from Poe, Auchincloss, Henry James and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wright and Baldwin. http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/10/jun92/howells.htm He authored the generally well regarded, provocatively entitled “The Primate’s Dream” concerning Black authors and literature. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/8319964/used/The%20Primate's%20Dream:%20Literature,%20Race,%20and%20Ethnicity%20in%20America Tuttleton was well known for his inspired teaching and wit. Dr. Tuttleton was also well known for his work for the New Criterion.
The James W. Tuttleton Fellowship Fund established in his honor accepts contributions sent to the English Department at New York University
.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
- November 1998) was the former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Faculty of the English Department of New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
(NYU) and also served as Chairman of NYU's English Department and Associate Dean of the Graduate School. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE1D61638F93AA15750C0A96E958260 He was one of the foremost literary critics of twentieth century, prominent especially as a "conservative" critic.
As an essayist on literature and culture and as a scholar of the work and the novel of manners, he earned international distinction. Tuttleton is deservedly known for his penetrating essays and solid positions he held regarding the literature’s role and character.http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/16/oct97/tuttle.htm Tuttleton was described in a New York Times review as “inveighing against everything from political correctness in the academy to those writers who would subordinate the imperatives of art to ideological considerations”, and also “curmudgeonly conservative”. Dr. Tuttleton described some contemporary critics as critical terrorists who would distort literature’s meanings.http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/04/24/bookven.t_0.php
Dr. Tuttleton provided close critical readings of writers from Poe, Auchincloss, Henry James and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wright and Baldwin. http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/10/jun92/howells.htm He authored the generally well regarded, provocatively entitled “The Primate’s Dream” concerning Black authors and literature. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/8319964/used/The%20Primate's%20Dream:%20Literature,%20Race,%20and%20Ethnicity%20in%20America Tuttleton was well known for his inspired teaching and wit. Dr. Tuttleton was also well known for his work for the New Criterion.
The James W. Tuttleton Fellowship Fund established in his honor accepts contributions sent to the English Department at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.