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January 02, 2008
Daniel Aaron, '33, HLHD'04
The Americanist, University of Michigan Press, 2007.
The book: Regarded as one of the founders of American studies, Daniel Aaron has written a memoir that spans nearly a century of public and private life in America and abroad. In "The Americanist," he writes with unsentimental nostalgia about his childhood in Los Angeles and Chicago and his later academic career, which took him around the globe, often in the role of America's accidental yet impartial critic. He also describes his encounters with many of the 20th century's most notable figures, from Ralph Ellison and Robert Frost to Lillian Hellman and Sinclair Lewis. Aaron's frank and personal observations of these literary lights make for engaging reading.
The author: Daniel Aaron is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of English and American Literature, Emeritus at Harvard University. He taught for more than three decades each at Smith College and Harvard and has written many books, including "Men of Good Hope: A Story of American Progressives" and "Writers on the Left."
Posted by tobiaslw at January 2, 2008 11:46 AM