Hyatt Howe Waggoner

Hyatt Howe Waggoner (born 19 November 1913 in Pleasant Valley, New York, † October 13, 1988 in Hanover, New Hampshire ) was an American literary scholar, who is particularly emerged with work on Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Waggoner studied at Middlebury College ( BA 1935) and the University of Chicago ( MA 1936). In 1942 he received his doctorate at Ohio State University for Ph.D. 1939-42 he taught at the University of Omaha. From 1942 to 1956 was professor of English literature at the University of Kansas City. In 1956 he followed a call from Brown University. There he directed from 1960 to 1970 the unit " American Civilization" ( a forerunner of American Studies, which slowly as a discipline was first produced at the time). In 1979 he became Professor Emeritus.

Works

  • The Heel of Elohim: Science and Values ​​in Modern American Poetry. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1950.
  • William Faulkner: From Jefferson to the World. University of Kentucky Press, Lexington 1959.
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 1962. ( = University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers 23)
  • American Poets: From the Puritans to the Present. Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1968.
  • Emerson as Poet. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1974. ISBN 0-691-06269-2
  • The Presence of Hawthorne. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge 1979. ISBN 0-8071-0576-7
  • American Visionary Poetry. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge 1982. ISBN 0-8071-1051-5
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