Background
Levin, David was born on November 21, 1924 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Rose (Braufman) Levin.
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If historical literature needs a defender, then David Levin is the appropriate person. These are brilliant essays which hopefully will be read by more than historians. The first chapter, ""The Literary Criticism of History,"" worth the price of the book alone, is an unusually perceptive examination of the art of historical writing and reading. As a critic, Mr. Levin lays bare and reconstructs the historical techniques of interpreters of Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin and the methods of such writers of historical fiction or drama as Hawthorne, Arthur Miller, and William Faulkner. Mr. Levin's thinking is refreshingly free of stereotypes and he is quick to spot, as among interpreters of Mather, when slovenliness gets the better of the critical sense. In each of the six short chapters, the author evidences not only a humane and rigorous understanding of the difficulties of recreating and interpreting life situations, but demonstrates his own ability to handle such a task with sophistication and accuracy. Mr. Levin's book needs no defense; it merits only praise.
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Rather than prescribe a single method for the study of literature and history, this work illustrates the value of studying the one with an awareness of the other. The essays collected here consider the element of uncertainty inherent in any critical interpretation of historical fact. Best known for his historiography, Levin here covers the work of Nathanial Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, James Baldwin, Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin and Saul Bellow, as well as the Bradfords and Mathers. In his view, historians ought to seek and then try to express, event though they cannot perfectly attain, a just understanding of the past. Limited though our perception and language are, historians and literary scholars have little choice but to strive to see their subject with the clearest possible awareness of its context and their own perspective.
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Reinterprets the life and thought of the controversial Puritan New England clergyman, examining his religious conversion, his role as an historian and literary figure, and his fanatical attitudes concerning witchcraft.
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Levin, David was born on November 21, 1924 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Rose (Braufman) Levin.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1947; A.M., Harvard University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Instructor to Professor of English, Stanford University, 1952-1971; Commonwealth Professor of English, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1971-1990; Thomas Jefferson professor arts and science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1990-1992; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1992.
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(Library of America Series Nos. 11 and 12; Hardcovers in b...)
Member executive board Northern California, American Civil Liberties Union, 1966-1971, Central Virginia chapter, 1972-1975. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Modern Language Association, American Studies Association, American Antiquarian Society, American Association of University Professors, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Massachusetts History Society.
Married Patricia Marker, July 12, 1945. Children: David, Rebecca.