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Irving Babbitt (1865–1933)

Author of Democracy and Leadership

10+ Works 285 Members 1 Favorited

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Works by Irving Babbitt

Democracy and Leadership (1979) 115 copies

Rousseau and Romanticism (1977) 104 copies

Literature and the American College: Essays in Defense of the Humanities (1972) 38 copies

The masters of modern French criticism (1977) 12 copies

The new Laokoon; an essay on the confusion of the arts (2010) 6 copies

Character and Culture: Essays on East and West (Library of Conservative Thought) (1995) 5 copies

Irving Babbitt, representative writings (1981) 2 copies

On being creative : and other essays 1 copy

French literature 1 copy

American Critical Essays, XIX-XX Century (The World's Classics) (1930) — Contributor — 1 copy

Associated Works

The Dhammapada (0300) — Translator, some editions — 3,422 copies, 27 reviews

Phaedra (1677) — Editor, some editions — 2,266 copies, 33 reviews

Critical Theory Since Plato (1971) — Contributor, some editions — 434 copies, 1 review

The Portable Conservative Reader (1982) — Contributor — 232 copies, 1 review

Edmund Burke: Appraisals and Applications (1990) — Contributor — 8 copies

Humanism and America; essays on the outlook of modern civilisation (1930) — Contributor — 5 copies

Voltaire's Zadig and Other Stories (Heath's Modern Language Series) (1905) — Editor — 5 copies

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Birthdate: 1865-08-02
Date of death: 1933-07-15
Gender: male
Education: Harvard College (AB, MA)
Écoles des Hautes-Études, Sorbonne, Paris, France
Occupations: academic
literary critic
Organizations: Institute of France
College of Montana
Harvard College
Williams College
Awards and honors: Harvard University (Irving Babbitt Chair of Comparative Literature)
Bowdoin College (honorary degree)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Fellow)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
Relationships: Eliot, T. S. (student)
Howe, George F. (son-in-law)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Places of residence: Madisonville, Ohio, USA
Paris, France
Montana, USA
Wyoming, USA
Place of death: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Democracy and Leadership

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Russell Kirk Foreword, Introduction

Claes G. Ryn Introduction

Alvin Lustig Cover designer

Joseph Baldacchino Foreword

Milton Hindus Introduction

George Andrew Panichas Editor

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Works: 10
Also by: 7
Members: 285
Popularity: #81,814
Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 32
Languages: 3
Favorited: 1

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