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Aldridge, Alfred Owen was born on December 16, 1915 in Buffalo. Son of Albert and Jane (Ette) Aldridge.
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Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach (Princeton Legacy Library)
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A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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The Ibero-American Enlightenment
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The Reemergence Of World Literature: A Study of Asia and the West
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Argues that the discipline of comparative literature should be expanded to include all of the world, not only a favored segment, and that translation represents a legitimate and indispensable tool for readers.
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Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach (Princeton Legacy Library)
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A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Franklin and His French Contemporaries
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Comparative Literature: Matter and Method
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Benjamin Franklin, Philosopher & Man
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A biography of one of the most interesting men in the history of early America - Benjamin Franklin. An inventory, statesman, printer, philosopher, a man of the times
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Dragon and the Eagle: The Presence of China in the American Enlightenment
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Previous scholarship held that the image of China did not penetrate North America until after trade was established between Canton and the East Coast in 1784. In The Dragon and the Eagle, A. Owen Aldridge reveals that a lively curiosity about oriental culture existed before the middle of the eighteenth century, and that a good deal of information about it was available even during the War for Independence. Aldridge surveys attitudes and opinions about all aspects of Chinese life and culture expressed in American fiction, history, travel accounts, sermons, poetry, essays, correspondence, memoirs, and references in periodicals. He indicates that between 1760 and 1825 several entire books about China were published in America, together with a host of short pieces in newspapers and magazines. By the end of the eighteenth century, practically every idea or element of concrete information about China in print in London or Paris had reappeared in some form or another in the United States. The history of these initial dealings shows in many ways a clash of contrasting cultures. This book uncovers some extraordinary instances of the relationship: Benjamin Franklin at the age of thirty-two publishing in his Philadelphia newspaper an analysis of the thought of Confucius; Thomas Jefferson including a Chinese novel on a reading list of 200 books for his brother-in-law; Thomas Paine comparing Confucius and Christ as great moral teachers; Philip Freneau composing a poem hailing the first voyage of an American vessel to the Far East; the American Philosophical Society enquiring into the contents of a Chinese book unearthed in the midst of a camp of American Indians in Pennsylvania; and a shocked American sea captain viewing the corpses of Eurasian babies floating down the river in Canton. Aldridge confines his remarks to literary and intellectual texts before the eighteenth century and emphasizes authors in English who have been previously neglected. A bibliography of American imprints referring to China, 1760 to 1826, appears in the appendix.
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Man of reason,: The life of Thomas Paine
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Philosopher and Man.
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Voltaire and the Century of Light (Princeton Legacy Library)
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Taking an approach different from (hat of earlier biographers, A. Owen Aldridge examines Voltaire's literary and intellectual career chronologically, using the methods both of comparative literature and of the history of ideas. The resulting biography portrays a fascinating personality as well as a great writer and thinker. Voltaire is revealed not only through his correspondence, here extensively quoted, but through the statements others made about him in anecdotes, memoirs, and other contemporary documents. New information is introduced regarding Voltaire's sojourn in England, his later relations with English men of letters, his domestic turmoils at the court of Frederick the Great, and his contact with French contemporaries such as Montesquieu and Diderot. For the first time in any biography, attention is given to Voltaire's extensive knowledge of Spanish literature and its influence on his own work, particularly Candide. Voltaire is portrayed as a conscious participant in the Enlightenment. In his early years he was interested primarily in aesthetics and abstract philosophy; later, he passionately dedicated himself to humanitarian causes with ideological implications. Professor Aldridge brings forward evidence pointing to the contrast between these two periods in Voltaire's life. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Franklin and his French Contemporaries
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Alfred Owen Aldridge
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Alfred Owen Aldridge, American English language educator. National Endowment of the Humanities fellow 1973-1974. Member American Comparative Literature Association (advisory board 1965-1971, 74-77, vice president 1977-1980, president 1980-1983), International Comparative Literature Association (advisory board 1970-1978), American Society 18th Century Studies (advisory board 1968-1975).
Education
He was awarded degrees by Indiana University, the University of Georgia for his Master of Surgery, and Duke University where he took his Doctor of Philosophy In 1952-1953 he had started the Fulbright Program in France, which led to his undertaking a second doctorate, on the subject of "Louisiana Littérature Comparée" which he completed at the University of Paris in 1955.
Career
Following his doctorates he was employed in the department of English at the University of Maryland, then in 1967 became professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Illinois. He published widely and became well known as a pioneer of colonial American literary studies and as an explorer of East-West literary relations. He served as president of the American Comparative Literature Association.
In 1963 together with Melvin J. Friedman he founded the journal Comparative Literature Studies, which he edited or co-edited for many years.
He retired in 1986 and died on January 29, 2005. The A. Owen Aldridge Prize was established in his memory.
Achievements
Works
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The Reemergence Of World Literature: A Study of Asia and the West
(Argues that the discipline of comparative literature shou...)
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Dragon and the Eagle: The Presence of China in the American Enlightenment
( Previous scholarship held that the image of China did n...)
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Benjamin Franklin, Philosopher & Man
(A biography of one of the most interesting men in the his...)
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Voltaire and the Century of Light (Princeton Legacy Library)
( Taking an approach different from (hat of earlier biogr...)
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Franklin and his French Contemporaries
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
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Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach (Princeton Legacy Library)
( A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature i...)
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Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach (Princeton Legacy Library)
( A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature i...)
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Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach (Princeton Legacy Library)
( A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature i...)
- Man of reason, the life of Thomas Paine.
- The Ibero-American Enlightenment
- Franklin and His French Contemporaries
- Comparative Literature: Matter and Method
- Man of reason,: The life of Thomas Paine
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Philosopher and Man.
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The Reemergence Of World Literature: A Study of Asia and the West
Membership
Member American Comparative Literature Association (advisory board 1965-1971, 74-77, vice president 1977-1980, president 1980-1983), International Comparative Literature Association (advisory board 1970-1978), American Society 18th Century Studies (advisory board 1968-1975).
Connections
Son of Albert and Jane (Ette) A. M. Mary Hennen Dellinger, May 18, 1941 (divorced 1956). 1 daughter, Cecily (Mistress John Ward).
M. Adriana García Davila, June 7, 1963 (divorced 1988).
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Nationality
United States
Education
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1937
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1938
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1942
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1955
Career
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1942 - 1947
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1947 - 1967
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1967 - 1986
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1986 - 1987
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1987 - 1988