Carl Van Doren























Carl Van Doren

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Van Doren as the commencement speaker for the University of Kentucky in 1929

Born
Carl Clinton Van Doren


(1885-09-10)September 10, 1885
Hope, Illinois
Died July 18, 1950(1950-07-18) (aged 64)
Torrington, Connecticut
Alma mater
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (B.A.), Columbia University (Ph. D)
Spouse(s)
Irita Bradford (1912–1935), Jean Wright Gorman (1939–1945)

Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.


He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin.




Contents






  • 1 Life and career


  • 2 Legacy


  • 3 Publications


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Life and career


Van Doren was born on September 10, 1885 in Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois, the son of Eudora Ann (Butz) and Charles Lucius Van Doren, a country doctor. He was raised on the family farm. He earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1907 and a doctorate from Columbia University in 1911 and continued to teach there until 1930. He was a world federalist and once said, "It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it".[1] In 1939, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin.[2]


Van Doren's study The American Novel, published in 1921, is generally credited with helping to re-establish Herman Melville's critical status as first-rate literary master.[3] He was book section editor for The Nation from 1920 to 1922.[4]


From 1912 to 1935, Van Doren was married to Irita Bradford, editor of the New York Herald Tribune book review. He married Jean Wright Gorman in 1939, but divorced in 1945.


He worked closely with Howard Henry Peckham on Van Doren's Secret History of the American Revolution (1941), editing documents from the Clinton Papers that revealed Benedict Arnold's treason.[5]


Van Doren died in Torrington, Connecticut on July 18, 1950.[6]



Legacy


A residence hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is named after Carl Clinton Van Doren.[7]



Publications




  • The American Novel (1921 & 1940 expanded)


  • The Secret History of the American Revolution (1941)


  • Mutiny in January: The Story of a Crisis in the Continental Army now for the first time fully told from many hitherto unknown or neglected sources both American and British. New York: The Viking Press, 1943.


  • Why I Am an Unbeliever (1926)


  • American and British Literature Since 1890 (1925), co-written with Mark Van Doren


  • Benjamin Franklin (1938),[8] winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 978-0517625323


  • Jane Mecom: the Favorite Sister of Benjamin Franklin (1950)
    ISBN 978-0670405633


  • The Great Rehearsal (1948)
    ISBN 978-0809436194



References





  1. ^ Van Doren, Carl (1948). "Preface". The Great Rehearsal: The Story of the Making and Ratifying of the Constitution of the United States. Viking.


  2. ^ Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Official Listings.


  3. ^ Chapter 3, The American Novel


  4. ^ vanden Heuvel, Katrina, ed. (1990). The Nation: 1865–1990. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 70. ISBN 1560250011.


  5. ^ University of Michigan Faculty History Project


  6. ^ Carl Van Doren dies in Connecticut


  7. ^ University of Illinois Hall Namesakes


  8. ^ "Review of Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren". Kirkus Reviews. 7 October 1938.




External links













  • Works by Carl Van Doren at Project Gutenberg


  • Works by or about Carl Van Doren at Internet Archive


  • Carl Van Doren at Find a Grave









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