Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1996) Winner
David S. Reynolds
デイヴィッド・エス・レイノルズ
Deividdo S. Reinoruzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-08-30 （Providence, Rhode Island, USA）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Barrington, Rhode Island → Providence, Rhode Island → New York City, New York, USA → Paris (residence during affiliation with Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Career
- Occupations
- educator, critic, biographer, historian
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University, Barnard College, Rutgers University–Camden, New York University, Baruch College (CUNY), Sorbonne Nouvelle (University of Paris III), Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY)
- Memberships
- Society of American Historians (Fellow), American Antiquarian Society (Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, New Historicism and cultural studies
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | — | — | B.A. | 1966–1970 | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | American Literature and American Studies | Ph.D. | 1973–1979 | United States |
Amherst College
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1966–1970
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
University of California, Berkeley
American Literature and American Studies
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1973–1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Graduate studies in American literature and American Studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bancroft Prize | Walt Whitman's America | — | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize) | winner |
| — | Lincoln Prize | Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times | — | Lincoln Prize Committee | winner |
| — | Christian Gauss Award | Beneath the American Renaissance | — | Phi Beta Kappa Society | winner |
| — | Ambassador Book Award | Walt Whitman's America | — | Ambassador Book Award | winner |
| — | Gustavus Myers Book Award | John Brown, Abolitionist | — | Gustavus Myers Center | winner |
| — | National Book Critics Circle Award | Walt Whitman's America | — | National Book Critics Circle | finalist |
| — | Kansas Notable Book | John Brown, Abolitionist | — | Kansas Center for the Book | winner |
Bancroft Prize
Work:
Walt Whitman's America
Organization:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
Result:
winner
Lincoln Prize
Work:
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
Organization:
Lincoln Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Christian Gauss Award
Work:
Beneath the American Renaissance
Organization:
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Result:
winner
Ambassador Book Award
Work:
Walt Whitman's America
Organization:
Ambassador Book Award
Result:
winner
Gustavus Myers Book Award
Work:
John Brown, Abolitionist
Organization:
Gustavus Myers Center
Result:
winner
National Book Critics Circle Award
Work:
Walt Whitman's America
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
finalist
Kansas Notable Book
Work:
John Brown, Abolitionist
Organization:
Kansas Center for the Book
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
2020 biography / cultural historyA cultural biography of Abraham Lincoln that situates him in the cultural currents of his time and reassesses his life and leadership in context.
leadershippublic sentimentinteraction of culture and politics
Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
2012 cultural history / literary historyTraces the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on American politics, the Civil War, and global cultural developments.
social impact of literatureslavery and public opinioncultural transmission
Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson
2008 cultural historyExamines America during the Age of Jackson from the intersection of politics and culture, focusing on popular culture and leadership.
populist politicsculture and power19th-century America
John Brown, Abolitionist
2005 biography / historyReinterprets John Brown not as an isolated fanatic but as the product of intersecting religious, racial, and reformist currents.
abolitionismreligion and reformviolence and politics
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography
1995 cultural biographyReevaluates Whitman within his cultural context, showing how his poetry both reflected and absorbed the spirit and images of his age.
poetry and popular cultureurban modernitydiverse modes of expression
Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville
1989 literary criticism / cultural historyReads Emerson, Melville, and others against the grain by relating their work to sensational popular culture and subversive currents of their time.
literature and popular culturesubversionhistory of criticism
George Lippard
1982 literary historyStudy of 19th-century Philadelphia writer George Lippard and the significance of his writings in context.
city novelsprotest literature
Faith in Fiction: The Emergence of Religious Literature in America
1981 literary history / religious cultural historyExplores the emergence of religious literature in America by examining some 250 writers from Puritan times through the late 19th century.
religion and literaturecultural history
Bibliography
- Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
- Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
- Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson
- John Brown, Abolitionist
- Walt Whitman
- Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography
- Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville
- George Lippard
- Faith in Fiction: The Emergence of Religious Literature in America
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- cultural-biographical approacharchive-based scholarship and documentary narrationcross-analysis of popular culture and canonical literature
- Recurring Motifs
- intersection of history and cultureinfluence of popular culturereligion and reform movements
Legacy
A scholar who popularized the cultural-biography approach to American literature and cultural history; his award-winning books and critical essays have influenced American studies and literary scholarship.
Academic Societies
- Society of American Historians (Fellow)
- American Antiquarian Society (Fellow)
Trivia
- Won the Bancroft Prize for Walt Whitman's America.
- Won the Lincoln Prize for Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times.
- Regular reviewer for The New York Review of Books.
- Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center since 2006.
- His wife, Suzanne Nalbantian, is a professor of Comparative Literature specializing in literature and neuroscience.