Frederick Crews
Frederick Campbell Crews (20 February, 1933 – 21 June, 2024) wis an American essayist and leeterarie ceeitic. Professor o the English at the University o Californie, Berkeley,[1] Crews wis the owthor o thrang buiks, includin The Tragedy of Manners: Moral Drama in the Later Novels of Henry James (1957), E. M. Forster: The Perils of Humanism (1962), and The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne's Psychological Themes (1966), a communin o the wark o Nathaniel Hawthorne. He received popular tent fur The Pooh Perplex (1963), a buik o satirical essays parodyin sindrie scuils o literary criticism. Firstlins a proponent o psychoanalytic literary criticism, Crews efter rejeckit psychoanalysis, becomin a creetic o Sigmund Freud and his scientific an ethical staunarts. Crews wis a kenspeckle participant in the "Freud wars" o the 1980s and 1990s, a flyte ower the name, scholarship, an impact on the 20th century o Freud, wha foondit psychoanalysis. In 2017, he furthset Freud: The Making of an Illusion.
| Frederick Crews | |
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 Crews in 2005 | |
| Born | 20 Februar 1933 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Dee'd | 21 Juin 2024 (aged 91) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Eddication | Yale University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Honours an awairds
eedit- Fulbright Lectureship, Turin, Italy, 1961–62[2]
- Essay Prize, Naitional Cooncil on the Airts an Humanities, 1968
- Fell, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1965–66[3]
- Guggenheim Fellowship (Literary criticism), 1970[4]
- Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Berkeley, 1985[5]
- Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991[6]
- Faculty Research Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1991–92[7]
- Editorial Board, "Rethinking Theory" series, Northwestern University Press, 1992–2024
- Nomination for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (The Critics Bear It Away), 1992[8]
- PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay (The Critics Bear It Away), 1993[9]
- Berkeley Citation, 1994[10]
- Inclusion in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002, ed. Natalie Angier (Houghton Mifflin), 2002[11]
- Fellow, Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health, 2003–2024[12]
- Berkeley Fellow, 2005–2024
- Inclusion in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005, ed. Jonathan Weiner (Houghton Mifflin), 2005[11]
- Nominated for National Book Critics Circle Award (Follies of the Wise), 2006[13]
Bibliography
eeditAs author
eedit- Crews, FC (1957) [1971 Archon books re-issue]. The Tragedy of Manners: Moral Drama in the Later Novels of Henry James. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-208-01047-5.
- Crews, FC (1962) [2003 Textbook Publishers re-issue]. E. M. Forster: The Perils of Humanism. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-7581-5768-1.
- Crews, FC (2003) [1963]. The Pooh Perplex: A Student Casebook (2003 re-issue). E.P. Dutton/University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-12058-9.
- Crews, FC (1989) [1966]. The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne's Psychological Themes. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-06817-3.
- Crews, FC (1968). The Patch Commission. E. P. Dutton.
- Crews, FC (1975). Out of My System: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, and Critical Method. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-501947-4.
- Crews, FC (1991) [1980]. The Random House Handbook. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-013636-X.
- Crews, FC (1981). The Random House Reader. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0075535973.
- Crews, FC (1986). Skeptical Engagements. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503950-5.
- Crews, FC (1992). The Critics Bear It Away: American Fiction and the Academy. Random House. ISBN 0-679-40413-9.
- Crews, FC; Schor S; Hennessy M (1993). The Borzoi Handbook for Writers (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-911401-6.
- Crews, FC (1995). The Memory Wars: Freud's Legacy in Dispute. The New York Review of Books. ISBN 0-940322-04-8.
- Crews, FC (2001). Postmodern Pooh. North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-626-8.
- Crews, FC (2006). Follies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays. Shoemaker & Hoard. ISBN 1-59376-101-5.
- Crews, FC (2017). Freud: The Making of an Illusion. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 9781627797177.
As editor
eedit- Hawthorne, N. (1962). Crews, FC (ed.). Great Short Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0060830748.
- Crews, FC (1970). Psychoanalysis and Literary Process. Winthrop Publishers. ISBN 0-13-732362-X.
- Crews, FC; Schell O (1970). Starting Over: A College Reader. Random House.
- Crews, FC; McMichael GL (1997). Anthology of American Literature. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-573973-X.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
- Crews, FC (1998). Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend. Viking Press. ISBN 0-670-87221-0.
- Crews, FC; McMichael GL (1998). Concise Anthology of American Literature. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-373291-6.
As contributor
eedit- Crane, S. (2007). E. C. Link; D. Pizer (eds.). The Red Badge of Courage (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393930757.
References
eedit- ↑ "Frederick C. Crews, Emeritus – Staff page at UC, Berkeley". University of California, Berkeley. Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2015. Retrieved 19 Februar 2009.
- ↑ "Frederick Crews". Fulbright Scholar Program, fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved 29 Juin 2024.
- ↑ "Frederick Crews". casbs.stanford.edu (in Inglis). Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Retrieved 29 Juin 2024.
- ↑ "The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation list of All Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived frae the original on 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Februar 2009.
- ↑ "Frederick Crews – Distinguished Teaching Award: 1985, English". 1985. Archived frae the original on 13 Februar 2009. Retrieved 19 Februar 2009.
- ↑ "Alphabetical Index of Active Members" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 27 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "Faculty Research Lecturers 1990–Present". academic-senate.berkeley.edu. Academic Senate, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 29 Juin 2024.
- ↑ "1992 Winners & Finalists. The National Book Critics Circle Awards". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 29 Juin 2024.
- ↑ "Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay Winners". Archived frae the original on 16 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 19 Februar 2009.
- ↑ "University of California, Berkeley Citation: Historical list of recipients as of 12/16/2008" (PDF). 16 December 2008. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 Juin 2010. Retrieved 19 Februar 2009.
- ↑ a b "Online Index to The Best American Science and Nature Writing". bachlab.balbach.net. Retrieved 29 Juin 2024.
- ↑ "The Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health: Coordinating Committee & Fellows". Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health. Archived frae the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 19 Februar 2009.
- ↑ Getlin, Josh (21 Januar 2007). "Book Critics Circle nominees declared". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 Juin 2024.
External links
eedit- Book reviews by Crews at The New York Review of Books magazine
- Frederick C. Crews at the Open Library