Background
Ziff, Larzer was born on October 2, 1927 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Isadore Menden and Sara (Rosenbloom) Ziff.
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Mark Twain (Lives and Legacies Series)
(Mark Twain towered above the American literary landscape....)
Mark Twain towered above the American literary landscape. With a worldwide fame greater than that of statesmen, scientists, or entertainers, Twain was in his own words "the most conspicuous man on the planet." Now, in this wonderful recounting of his career, Larzer Ziff offers an incisive, illuminating look at one of the giants of American letters. Mark Twain emerges in this book as something of a paradox. His humor made him rich and famous, but he was unhappy with the role of humorist. He satirized the rapacious economic practices of his society, yet was caught up in those very practices himself. He was a literary genius who revolutionized the national literature, yet was unable to resist whatever quirky notion or joke that crossed his mind, often straying from his plot or contradicting his theme. Ziff offers a lively account of Twain's early years, explores all his major fiction, and concludes with a consideration of his craftsmanship and his strength as a cultural critic. He offers particularly telling insight into Twain's travel writings, providing for example an insightful account of Following the Equator, perhaps Twain's most underrated work. Throughout the book, Ziff examines Twain's writings in light of the literary cultures of his day--from frontier humorists to Matthew Arnold--and of parallel literary works of his time--comparing, for example, A Connecticut Yankee with major utopian works of the same decade. Thus the book is both a work of literary criticism and of cultural history. Compact and sparkling, here then is an invaluable introduction to Mark Twain, capturing the humor and the contradictions of America's most beloved writer.
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The Lives and Legacies Set: Consisting of Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Winston Churchill
(Brief, erudite, and inviting, the exciting Lives and Lega...)
Brief, erudite, and inviting, the exciting Lives and Legacies series offers a fresh look at some of the greatest minds in politics, the arts, and science. Written by prominent writers, these engaging volumes will shed light on the life and work of our leading intellectual, artistic, and historical figures.
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The career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American experience
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Return Passages: Great American Travel Writing, 1780-1910
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In this arresting book, Larzer Ziff traces the history of distinctively American travel writing through the stories of five great representatives. John Ledyard (1752-1789) sailed with Captain Cook, walked across the Russian empire, and attempted to find a transcontinental route across North America. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852), who today is recognized as the father of Maya archaeology, uncovered hundreds of ruins in two expeditions to the Yucatan and Central America, and he also was one of the first Americans to reach the Arabia Petrae. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) invented travel writing as a profession. The only writer on Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan, he traveled also to Europe, Africa, India, and the Arctic Circle solely for the purpose of producing books about these journeys. Finally, in Mark Twain's unabashed concentration on the haps and mishaps of the tourist and Henry James's strikingly different cosmopolitan accounts of European sites and societies, travel writing conclusively emerged as great art.Ziff explains the ways in which the American background of these writers informed their impressions of foreign scenes and shows how America served always as the final object of the critical scrutiny they brought to bear on other people and their lands.
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- Career of John Cotton Puritanism & the A
- Literary Democracy: The Declaration of Cultural Independence in America (Book by Ziff, Larzer)
- Puritanism in America: New Culture in a New World (1973 HARDCOVER (No Dust Jacket) - NEW - Hardcover and int...)
- Career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American Experience (Princeton Legacy Library) (Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowl...)
Larzer Ziff
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Larzer Ziff, American English language educator. Recipient numerous awards for excellence in English including Christian Gauss award, the American 1890's, 1967; Fulbright fellow, 1959-1960,fellow American Council Learned Socs., 1963-1964, Newberry Library., 1964, National Endowment for Humanities, 1967-1968, Guggenheim fellow, 1977-1978, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1986-1987; Fulbright Distinguished Senior Lecturer, 1993.
Education
Student, Middlebury College, 1945-1947; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1955; Master of Arts (honorary), University Oxford, England Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania.
Career
Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, 1956-1973; university lecturer, University of Oxford, England, 1973-1978; Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-1981; Caroline Donovan Professor of English, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1981; chair department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1991-1995. Director University of California Education Abroad Program, United Kingdom, Ireland, 1969-1971. Consultant andlectr. in field.
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Career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American Experience (Princeton Legacy Library)
( Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was ackno...)
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The Lives and Legacies Set: Consisting of Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Winston Churchill
(Brief, erudite, and inviting, the exciting Lives and Lega...)
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Puritanism in America: New Culture in a New World
(1973 HARDCOVER (No Dust Jacket) - NEW - Hardcover and int...)
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Return Passages: Great American Travel Writing, 1780-1910
(In this arresting book, Larzer Ziff traces the history of...)
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The career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American experience
( The Description for this book, Career of John Cotton: P...)
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Mark Twain (Lives and Legacies Series)
(Mark Twain towered above the American literary landscape....)
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Literary Democracy: The Declaration of Cultural Independence in America
(Book by Ziff, Larzer)
- Career of John Cotton Puritanism & the A
- { MARK TWAIN (LIVES & LEGACIES (OXFORD)) MARK TWAIN (LIVES & LEGACIES (OXFORD)) BY ZIFF, LARZER ( AUTHOR ) OCT-01-2004 MARK TWAIN (LIVES & LEGACIES (OXFORD)) MARK TWAIN (LIVES & LEGACIES (OXFORD)) BY ZIFF, LARZER ( AUTHOR ) OCT-01-2004 BY ZIFF, L
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Career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American Experience (Princeton Legacy Library)
Membership
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society American Historians. Member Modern Language Association, American Antiquarian Society, American Studies Association.
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Married Ruth Rosalind Geisenberger. Children– Joshua, Oliver, Joel, Abigail.
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Recipient numerous awards for excellence in English including Christian Gauss award, the American 1890's, 1967. Fulbright fellow, 1959-1960, fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1963-1964, Newberry Library., 1964, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1967-1968, Guggenheim fellow, 1977-1978, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1986-1987. Fulbright Distinguished Senior Lecturer, 1993.Recipient numerous awards for excellence in English including Christian Gauss award, the American 1890's, 1967. Fulbright fellow, 1959-1960, fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1963-1964, Newberry Library., 1964, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1967-1968, Guggenheim fellow, 1977-1978, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1986-1987. Fulbright Distinguished Senior Lecturer, 1993.