John W. Aldridge (1922–2007)
Author of After the Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars
About the Author
Works by John W. Aldridge
Critiques and Essays on Modern Fiction 1920-51 - Representing the Achievement of Modern American and British Critics (1952) — Editor — 13 copies
The Devil in the Fire: Retrospective Essays on American Literature and Culture 1951-1971 (1972) 9 copies
The party at Cranton 4 copies
Discovery. No. 1 1 copy
Hopwood Awards Collection 1 copy
Associated Works
Selected Stories By P.G. Wodehouse (1958) — Editor; Introduction, some editions — 62 copies, 1 review
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- Legal name
- Aldridge, John Watson
- Birthdate
- 1922-09-26
- Date of death
- 2007-02-07
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Chattanooga (1940-43)
University of California, Berkeley (BA|1947)
Middlebury College (1942) - Occupations
- professor
literary critic
novelist
ambassador
editor - Organizations
- United States Army
Modern Language Association of America
P.E.N.
National Book Critics Circle
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
University of Michigan (show all 7)
USIA - Awards and honors
- US Army Bronze Star Medal
US Army Five Battle Stars
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (1976-77)
USIA Special Ambassador to Germany
Fulbright professor
Director of the Hopwood Program, University of Michigan - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Sioux City, Iowa, USA
- Places of residence
- Madison, Georgia, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA - Place of death
- Madison, Georgia, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
435. After the Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars, by John W. Aldridge (read 4 June 1952) On June 3, 1952, as I was reading this book I said to myself: "In this critical study of postwar 'new' novelists the author exposes the utter sterility of their views, but purblindly ignores the obvious need for an end to disbelief." Among the 'new' novelists discussed: Vance Bourjaily, Norman Mailer, John Horne Burns, Irwin Shaw, Merle Miller, Gore Vidal, Paul Bowles, Truman show more Capote, and Frederick Buechner. [ I have as of 2011 read something by each of said authors except Burns] show less
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- Also by
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- Members
- 148
- Popularity
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- Rating
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