Henry Caraway Hatfield

Background

Hatfield, Henry Caraway was born on June 3, 1912 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of James Taft and Estelle (Caraway) Hatfield.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1933. A.M., Columbia University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1942.

Career

Instructor Williams College, 1938-1942, assistant professor, 1942-1946, Columbia University, 1946-1948. Associate professor, 1948-1954, Harvard University, 1954-1956, professor German, 1956-1970, Kuno Francke professor German literature, 1967-1978, senior research professor, 1978-1982, chairman department Germanic language and literature, 1957-1959. Visiting professor Free University Berlin, 1961.

With O.W.I., London, 1944-1945.

Achievements

• Henry Caraway Hatfield has been listed as a notable German language and literature educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Clashing Myths in German Literature: From Heine to Rilke

    (Detailed appraisals of the mythic tradition: Heine, Burck...)

  • Goethe: A Critical Introduction

    (Goethe)

  • Crisis And Continuity On Modern German Fiction: Ten Essays.
  • Crisis and Continuity in Modern German Fiction
  • Goethe: A Critical Introduction
  • Modern German Literature
  • Crisis and Continuity in Modern German Fiction Ten Essays
  • Aesthetic Paganism in German Literature : From Winckelmann to the Death of Goethe

Membership

Member Modern Language Association (executive committee 1956-1959, assembly delegate since 1985), American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association Teachers German, American Civil Liberties Union.

Connections

Married Jane Stauff, March 15, 1937. Children: Robert Allan, Barbara.

Father:

James Taft Hatfield

Mother:

Estelle (Caraway) Hatfield

Spouse:

Jane Stauff

child:

Barbara Hatfield

child:

Robert Allan Hatfield