Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1919-1970.

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Literary critic and educator.

From the description of Papers, 1932-1978 (bulk 1938-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30891852

From the description of Papers of Stanley Edgar Hyman, 1932-1978 (bulk 1938-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070459

Biographical Note

  • 1919, June 11: Born, New York, N.Y.
  • 1940: Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse A.B., Syracuse University,Syracuse, N.Y. Married Shirley Jackson (died 1965)
  • 1940 - 1970 : Staff writer, New Yorker
  • 1945 - 1946 : Faculty member, Bennington College,Bennington, Vt.
  • 1948: Published The Armed Vision (New York: A. A. Knopf. 417 pp.)
  • 1953 - 1970 : Faculty member, Bennington College,Bennington, Vt.
  • 1956: Published The Critical Performance (New York: Vintage Books. 337 pp.)
  • 1959: Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies
  • 1961: Published Poetry and Criticism (New York: Atheneum. 178 pp.)
  • 1961 - 1965 : Literary critic, New Leader
  • 1962: Published Nathanael West (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 48 pp.) Published The Tangled Bank (New York: Atheneum. 492 pp.)
  • 1963: Published Darwin for Today (New York: Viking Press. 435 pp.) Published The Promised End (Cleveland: World Publishing Co. 380 pp.)
  • 1966: Married Phoebe Pettingell Published Flannery O'Connor (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 48 pp.) Published Standards (New York: Horizon Press. 286 pp.)
  • 1967: National Institute of Arts and Letters award in literary criticism
  • 1970: N.Y. New York Visiting professor, State University of New York, Buffalo,N.Y. Published Iago (New York: Atheneum. 180 pp.)
  • 1970, July 29: Died, Bennington, Vt.

From the guide to the Stanley Edgar Hyman Papers, 1932-1978, (bulk 1938-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1919-1970. Papers, 1932-1978 (bulk 1938-1970). Library of Congress
referencedIn Antioch Review mss., 1940-2007 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. Kenneth Burke papers. 1906-1960. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Finkel, Donald. Papers, 1947-1983. Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Nemerov, Howard. Papers. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Horace Mason Reynolds papers, 1895-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. Papers, 1932-1970 (bulk 1938-1965). Library of Congress
referencedIn William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Nicholas Delbanco Papers, 1956-2010 (majority within 1966-2000) University of Michigan
creatorOf Sypher, Wylie. Wylie Sypher Papers, 1924-1986, 1953-1975. Simmons College, Beatley Library
referencedIn Ralph Ellison Papers, 1890-2005, (bulk 1930-1994) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. John Steinbeck pamphlets, 1942-1947. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn William Empson papers Houghton Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Dorson mss., 1925-1981 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Shirley Jackson Papers, 1932-1991, (bulk 1932-1965) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1917-1962 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Stanley Edgar Hyman Papers, 1932-1978, (bulk 1938-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1917-1962 and undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
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associatedWith Aaron, Daniel, 1912- person
associatedWith Adler, Renata. person
associatedWith Adler, Renata. person
associatedWith Antioch review. corporateBody
associatedWith Arvin, Newton, 1900-1963. person
associatedWith Barth, John, 1930-. person
associatedWith Bennington College. corporateBody
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associatedWith Bernstein, Walter. person
associatedWith Bodkin, Maud. person
correspondedWith Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. person
associatedWith Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987. person
associatedWith Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989. person
associatedWith Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005. person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith Delbanco, Nicholas. person
associatedWith Delbanco, Nicholas. person
associatedWith Dorson, Richard Mercer, 1916-1981 person
associatedWith Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. person
correspondedWith Ellison, Ralph. person
correspondedWith Ellison, Ralph. person
associatedWith Empson, William, 1906- person
associatedWith Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979. person
associatedWith Fergusson, Francis. person
correspondedWith Finkel, Donald. person
associatedWith Finkel, Donald. person
associatedWith Harap, Louis. person
associatedWith Harap, Louis. person
associatedWith Hentoff, Nat. person
associatedWith Hentoff, Nat. person
associatedWith Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. person
associatedWith Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965. person
associatedWith Jeltrup, Thomas. person
associatedWith Kostelanetz, Richard. person
associatedWith Kostelanetz, Richard. person
associatedWith Kramer, Hilton. person
associatedWith Kramer, Hilton. person
associatedWith Lehrman, Walter D. person
associatedWith Lentricchia, Frank. person
associatedWith Lentricchia, Frank. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Malamud, Bernard. person
associatedWith Malamud, Bernard. person
associatedWith Mintz, June Mirken. person
associatedWith Mintz, Sidney Wilfred, 1922- person
associatedWith Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. person
associatedWith Nemerov, Howard. person
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Orenstein, Frank. person
correspondedWith Provine, William B. person
associatedWith Pynchon, Thomas. person
associatedWith Pynchon, Thomas. person
associatedWith Raglan, Baron (FitzRoy Richard Somerset), 1885-1964. person
correspondedWith Reynolds, Horace Mason, 1896-1965 person
associatedWith Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979. person
associatedWith Scher, Louis L. person
associatedWith Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001. person
associatedWith Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. person
associatedWith Sypher, Wylie. person
associatedWith Updike, John. person
associatedWith Wasserstrom, William. person
associatedWith Weisinger, Herbert, 1913-1999. person
associatedWith Williams, Jay, 1914-1978. person
associatedWith Zimmerman, Ben. person
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Vermont
United States
Subject
American literature
African Americans
Authors, American
Book reviewing
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges
Criticism
Critics
Language and languages
Literature
Literature
Myth
Ritual
Occupation
Authors, American
Critic
Critics
Educators
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Birth 1919

Death 1970

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