Background
Vincent, Howard Paton was born on October 9, 1904 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Clarence and Lucy Seymour (Hall) Vincent.
(The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick traces the sources of Moby-Di...)
The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick traces the sources of Moby-Dick through Melville's reading of the natural history books and seafaring accounts of his day, as well as, of course, from his own experience. The author also indicates how the impact of Shakespeare and the acquaintance with Hawthorne moved Melville to transform what had begun as a popular seas story into an epic. By observing the way in which a great writer gleaned his material and transmuted it through his own consciousness and experience into a philosophical and literary masterpiece, the reader gets insights into the workings of the creative process itself. This book is more than a basic study of Moby-Dick it's also a major study of the literary mind.
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Vincent, Howard Paton was born on October 9, 1904 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Clarence and Lucy Seymour (Hall) Vincent.
AB, Oberlin College, 1926. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1933.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Hillsdale College, 1958.
Instructor composition and literature, West Virginia University, 1927-1928; teacher, Park School, Cleveland, 1931-1932; supervisor, Blair County Office of Relief, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1935; Ezra L. Koon Professor of English, head department, Hillsdale (Michigan) College, 1935-1942; assistant professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1942-1944; associate professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1944-1947; Professor of English, chairman language, literature and philosophy, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1947-1962; Professor of English and American Literature, Kent (Ohio) State University, from 1962; Fulbright lecturer American civilization and literature, France, 1954-1955; Fulbright lecturer American civilization and literature, Belgium, 1961-1962; Fulbright lecturer American civilization and literature, Italy, 1967. Director French library service United States Information Service, 1955-1958.
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Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English, College English Association, American Association of University Professors, Melville Society of America (president 1951, 69-70, secretary 1963-1969), Keats-Shelley Association American.
Married Mary Wilson Smith, September 4, 1931. Children: Judith Hall, John Way.