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Albert Mordell (1885–1965)

Author of The erotic motive in literature

11+ Works 35 Members 1 Review

Works by Albert Mordell

The erotic motive in literature (1976) 19 copies

Quaker militant, John Greenleaf Whittier (1933) 5 copies

Trailing E. Haldeman-Julius in Philadelphia and other places: The early years of an author, editor and publisher who has 2 copies

The literature of ecstasy (1969) 2 copies

In re Morton McMichael: Including unpublished letters by Henry Clay, William M. Thackeray and others 1 copy

Sham-smashers at work: A study of the aims and methods of Haldeman-Julius' Monthly and the Debunker 1 copy

Dante and other waning classics (1915) 1 copy, 1 review

T.S. Eliot's deficiencies as a social critic [and] T.S. Eliot - Special pleader as book reviewer and literary critic : a study of the literary leader of intellectual,… 1 copy

The shifting of literary values 1 copy

The World of Haldeman-Julius (1960) 1 copy

Quaker militant: John Greenleaf Whittier 1 copy

Associated Works

Literary Reviews and Essays By Henry James (1971) — Editor — 27 copies, 1 review

Evidence for Authorship: Essays on Problems of Attribution with an Annotated Bibliography of Selected Readings (1966) — Contributor — 8 copies

Civil War and Reconstruction: Selected Essays By Gideon Welles (1959) — Editor — 3 copies

Occidental gleanings (1925) — Editor — 2 copies

An American miscellany : articles and stories, now first collected by Albert Mordell — Editor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1885-08-14
Date of death: 1965-02-12
Gender: male
Occupations: attorney
critic
Short biography: MORDELL, ALBERT: Lawyer, Editor and Writer; b. Aug. 13, 1885 in Phila., s. of Phineas and Annie (Feller). ... His literary contributions have appeared in the Phila. newspapers, the U.S. Naval Procs., Haldeman-Julius' Weekly, Stratford Monthly, Panorama, Saturday Rev., Modern Monthly,
Places of residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Associated Place (for map): Pennsylvania, USA

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Dante and other waning classics by Albert Mordell

Negative assessments of Dante, Milton, Bunyan, a Kempis, Augustine and Pascal on the assumption that Christianity is out of date by 1915.

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Also by: 5
Members: 35
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Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 11

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