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| − | '''Andrew Delbanco''' (pronounced "Dell-BANK-o") is the Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities and the director of the [[American Studies Program]]. He's also a prominent public intellectual who publishes all over the place and was named America's "top social critic" by ''Time'' magazine. The snarky comment on this is to say that | + | '''Andrew Delbanco''' (pronounced "Dell-BANK-o") is the Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities and the director of the [[American Studies Program]]. He's also a prominent public intellectual who publishes all over the place and was named America's "top social critic" by ''Time'' magazine. The snarky comment on this is to say that Delbanco is what ''Time'' thinks a social critic is. |
| − | A double graduate of [[Harvard]] ([[B.A.]], [[Ph.D.]]), he has also been the recipient of a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]. | + | A double graduate of [[Harvard]] ([[B.A.]], [[Ph.D.]]), he has also been the recipient of a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]. He won the [[Lionel Trilling Award]] twice, for ''Melville'' and ''The Puritan Ordeal''. [[Edward Said]] is the only other person to have won the award twice. |
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 22 April 2010
Andrew Delbanco (pronounced "Dell-BANK-o") is the Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities and the director of the American Studies Program. He's also a prominent public intellectual who publishes all over the place and was named America's "top social critic" by Time magazine. The snarky comment on this is to say that Delbanco is what Time thinks a social critic is.
A double graduate of Harvard (B.A., Ph.D.), he has also been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He won the Lionel Trilling Award twice, for Melville and The Puritan Ordeal. Edward Said is the only other person to have won the award twice.
Works
- Melville: His World and Work (2005)
- The Real American Dream (1999)
- Required Reading: Why Our American Classics Matter Now (1997)
- The Death of Satan (1995)
- The Puritan Ordeal (1989)
