Fred Kaplan (biographer)
For the journalist and columnist, see Fred Kaplan (journalist).
| Fred Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1937 The Bronx, New York City |
| Occupation | Biographer |
| Alma mater |
Brooklyn College (B.A.) Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
Fred Kaplan (born 1937) is distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1937 in The Bronx, New York City, and attended Lafayette High School and Brooklyn College[2]
Books
He is the author of several biographies.[3] His book Thomas Carlyle was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award,[4] and the Pulitzer Prize.[5]
- John Quincy Adams: American Visionary, HarperCollins, 2014, isbn=9780061915413
- Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer. HarperCollins. 2008. ISBN 9780060773342.
- The Singular Mark Twain: A Biography. Doubleday. 2003. ISBN 9780385477154.
- Gore Vidal: A Biography Doubleday, 1999, ISBN 9780385477031; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, ISBN 9781408840726
- Henry James: The Imagination of Genius, A Biography. Morrow. 1992. ISBN 9780688090210.; Taylor & Francis US, 1999, ISBN 9780801862717
- Dickens: A Biography, William Morrow & Company, 1988, ISBN 9780688043414[6]
- Sacred tears: sentimentality in Victorian literature, Princeton University Press, 1987, ISBN 9780691067001
- Thomas Carlyle: A Biography, Cornell University Press, 1983, ISBN 9780801415081; University of California Press, 1993, ISBN 9780520082007
- Dickens and mesmerism: the hidden springs of fiction, Princeton University Press, 1975, ISBN 9780691062914
- John Elliotson on Mesmerism, Da Capo Press, (New York), 1982. ISBN 9780306761676
References
- ↑ "The Graduate Center, CUNY - Fred Kaplan". Gc.cuny.edu. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ Tara George, "He's A Star At Queens College." New York Daily News Dec 12, 1996
- ↑ Kaplan, Fred. "Results for 'au:Kaplan, Fred,'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "biography or autobiography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ A. D. Hutter. (1988-10-23). "Boz Abounding DICKENS: A BIOGRAPHY by Fred Kaplan". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
Kaplan's critical insights into Dickens' work always concentrate on the connections between the life and related fictional projections of the self. The result is a critical reading of Dickens' works at once original and unified, always subordinated to the primary enterprise of biography itself.