Leo Marx

Background

Marx, Leo was born on November 15, 1919 in New York City. Son of Leo and Theresa (Rubinstein) Marx.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy in History American Civilization, Harvard University, 1950. Master of Arts (honorary), Amherst College, 1959.

Career

Teaching fellow, tutor, Harvard University, 1946-1949; assistant Professor of English, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1949-1953; associate professor, University of Minnesota, 1953-1958; Professor of English and American studies, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1958-1976; William R. Kenan, Junior professor American cultural history, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1976-1990; professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1990. Fulbright lecturer U. Nottingham, England, 1956-1957, U. Rennes, France, 1965-1966. Chairman, advisory county Center for Study American Culture, College William andMary.

Achievements

• Leo Marx has been listed as a noteworthy American cultural history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Culture in the United States

    (Leo Marx is one of the major critics of American culture,...)

  • Anthology of American Literature, Volume II: Realism to the Present (Anthology American Literature)

    (This leading, two-volume anthology represents America's l...)

  • The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Culture in the United States

    (For over forty years, Leo Marx has studied American cultu...)

  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America

    (For over four decades, Leo Marx's work has focused on the...)

  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America (Galaxy Books)

    (Attempts to reconcile two very different images of Americ...)

  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
  • The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Culture in the United States Paperback August 3, 1989
  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America:2nd (Second) edition
  • The Americanness of Walt Whitman
  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America 35th Anniversary edition by Leo Marx (2000) Paperback
  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America (Galaxy Books) Paperback - December 31, 1967
  • The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America by Leo Marx (2000-02-24)
  • Americanness of Walt Whitman (Problems in American Civilization)
  • The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Culture in the United States 1st edition by Marx, Leo (1988) Hardcover

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Modern Language Association, American Studies Association (president 1975-1977), American Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts History Society, Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities (vice president), Signet Society, Phi Beta Kappa (Bicentennial fellow).

Connections

Married Jane T. Pike, August 14, 1943. Children: Stephen P., Andrew R., Lucy T.

Father:

Leo Marx

Mother:

Theresa (Rubinstein) Marx

Spouse:

Jane T. Pike

child:

Andrew R. Marx

child:

Lucy T. Marx

child:

Stephen P. Marx