Van Wyck Brooks

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biographer essayist human literary critic

Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian best known for his influential studies of American literature and culture in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf	biographer ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ
awardReceived	National Book Award for Nonfiction NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for History NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
described	Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ New England literary culture ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ
familyName	Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	American literature ⓘ cultural history ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ cultural history ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
givenName	Van Wyck NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	20th-century American cultural history ⓘ American literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	American Transcendentalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Progressive Era reform movements ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainSubject	19th-century American literature ⓘ American authors ⓘ American culture ⓘ
movement	progressive era intellectual history ⓘ
name	Van Wyck Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableAchievement	influential studies of American literature and culture in the early 20th century ⓘ
notableWork	America's Coming-of-Age NERFINISHED ⓘ New England: Indian Summer, 1865–1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Confident Years, 1885–1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flowering of New England, 1815–1865 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ordeal of Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Times of Melville and Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	historian ⓘ literary critic ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Plainfield, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bridgewater, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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