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Richard Volney Chase (1914–1962)

Author of The American Novel and Its Tradition

13+ Works 288 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the names: Richard V. Chase, Rihard Volney Chase

Also includes: Richard Chase (2)

Works by Richard Volney Chase

The American Novel and Its Tradition (1957) 157 copies, 1 review

Melville: A Collection of Critical Essays (1962) 61 copies

Walt Whitman Reconsidered (1986) 25 copies

Emily Dickinson (1971) 13 copies

Walt Whitman (1962) 8 copies

Herman Melville: A Critical Study (1971) 6 copies

Quest for myth (1969) 6 copies

American Men of Letters in Five Volumes Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Dreiser, Henry James, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman (1951) 4 copies

Walt Whitman (1961) 3 copies

The democratic vista : a dialogue on life and letters in contemporary America (1973) 2 copies

Lumières et ténèbres ou Le roman américain 1 copy

"Finnegans Wake: An Anthropological Study" 1 copy

Herman Melville: A Critical Study 1 copy

Associated Works

Selected Tales and Poems (1950) — Editor — 253 copies

The Red Badge of Courage and Other Writings (1960) — Editor — 82 copies

Leaves of Grass One Hundred Years After (1955) — Contributor — 14 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Chase, Richard Volney, Jr.
Birthdate: 1914-10-12
Date of death: 1962-08-26
Gender: male
Education: Dartmouth College
Columbia University
Occupations: English professor
Organizations: Connecticut College
Columbia University
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Lakeport, New Hampshire, USA
Places of residence: Lakeport, New Hampshire, USA (Birth)
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA
Burial location: Blair Cemetery, Campton, New Hampshire, USA
Associated Place (for map): New Hampshire, USA

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Statistics

Works: 13
Also by: 3
Members: 288
Popularity: #81,141
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 14
Languages: 1

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