Carl Clinton Van Doren Quotes

A collection of quotes by Carl Clinton Van Doren.

Carl Clinton Van Doren (1885-1950) was an American writer, critic, and educator. He was part of the prominent Van Doren literary family and made significant contributions to American literature. Van Doren authored numerous books including biographies, histories, and literary critiques. His notable works include "Benjamin Franklin" and "The American Novel." Van Doren served as a professor of English at Columbia University and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1939. He dedicated his life to promoting literary excellence and played a significant role in shaping American literary scholarship during the early 20th century.

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.

Carl Clinton Van Doren

IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.

Carl Clinton Van Doren

Sympathy