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Francis Otto Matthiessen

literary critic

Francis Otto Matthiessen

American academic (1902–1950)

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About Francis Otto Matthiessen

Francis Otto Matthiessen was an American educator, scholar, and literary critic, influential in the fields of American literature and American studies. His best known work, American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman, celebrated the achievements of several 19th-century American authors and had a profound impact on a generation of scholars. It also established American Renaissance as the common term to refer to American literature of the mid-19th century. Matthiessen was known for his support of liberal causes and progressive politics. His contributions to the Harvard University community have been memorialized in several ways, including an endowed visiting professorship.

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Occupation: literary critic, historian, literary historian, journalist
Citizenship: United States
Born: February 19, 1902
Died: April 1, 1950

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