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]
Fred Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Biographer |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College (B.A.) Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
Biography
editHe was born in 1937 in The Bronx, New York, and attended Lafayette High School and Brooklyn College.[2]
He was stabbed in New York in 1996, but made a recovery.[3]
Books
editHe is the author of several biographies.[4] His book Thomas Carlyle was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award,[5] and the Pulitzer Prize.[6]
- His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer. HarperCollins. 2022. ISBN 9780062440037.
- 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[7]
- 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
edit- ^ "The Graduate Center, CUNY - Fred Kaplan". Gc.cuny.edu. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ Tara George, "He's a Star at Queens College" Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. New York Daily News, Dec 12, 1996.
- ^ Scott, Janny (December 12, 1996). "Urban Life, Urban Danger: Scholar Stabbed on the Subway". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Kaplan, Fred. "Results for 'au:Kaplan, Fred,'". Worldcat.org. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ "Biography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ A. D. Hutter. (October 23, 1988). "Boz Abounding DICKENS: A BIOGRAPHY by Fred Kaplan". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
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.