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John O. McCormick

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John O. McCormick
BornSeptember 20, 1918
DiedApril 1, 2010
Spouse(s)Helen Manuel (divorced)
Mairi MacInnes (married 1954)
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Academic background
EducationHarvard University (PhD), University of Minnesota
Academic work
InstitutionsRutgers University

John Owen McCormick (September 20, 1918 - April 1, 2010) was an American literary scholar and Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University where he taught for 28 years. On his retirement McCormick was appointed honorary Professor Emeritus by the University of York.[1][2] He was a 1988 finalist of Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book George Santayana: A Biography.

Books

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  • George Santayana: A Biography (1987)
  • Catastrophe & Imagination (1957)
  • The Middle Distance: A Comparative History of American and European Literature, 1919-32 (1971)
  • Fiction and Knowledge (1975)
  • Seagoing (2000)

References

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  1. ^ "In Memory of John McCormick 1918–2010". Sewanee Review. 118 (2): lxii–lxii. 2010. doi:10.1353/sew.0.0263.
  2. ^ "Professor John McCormick". The Telegraph. 9 June 2010.