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第1回（1996年） Winner
Helen Vendler
ヘレン・ヴェンドラー
Helen Vendler
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1933-04-30 （Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.）
- 死没
- 2024-04-23 （Laguna Niguel, California, U.S.） 90歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Boston (birth / early life) → Ithaca, NY (Cornell University) → Cambridge, MA (Harvard University) → Laguna Niguel, CA (later life)
経歴
- 職業
- literary critic, professor
- 活動期間
- 1956年〜2024年
- 所属
- Harvard University, Boston University, Cornell University, Swarthmore College, Haverford College, Smith College, University of Bordeaux (Fulbright Lecturer), Magdalene College, Cambridge
- 所属団体
- Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
- 影響を受けた人物
- Emily Dickinson, George Herbert, John Keats, Wallace Stevens, Seamus Heaney, W. B. Yeats, William Shakespeare
- 影響を与えた人物
- Jorie Graham (helped establish reputation), Rita Dove (helped establish reputation), Seamus Heaney (critical reputation influenced)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel College (Massachusetts) | — | Chemistry (undergraduate major) | A.B. | — | United States |
| Harvard University (Radcliffe) | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | English and American Literature | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
Chemistry (undergraduate major)
学位:
A.B.
卒業年:
1954
国:
United States
Majored in chemistry as an undergraduate; later shifted focus to English literature.
Harvard University (Radcliffe)
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
/ English and American Literature
学位:
Ph.D.
卒業年:
1960
国:
United States
Earned a Ph.D. in English and American literature.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Fulbright Fellowship | — | — | Fulbright Program | 受賞 |
| 1969 | James Russell Lowell Prize | — | — | Modern Language Association (MLA) | 受賞 |
| 1970 | American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship | — | — | American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Metcalf Cup & Prize | — | — | Boston University | 受賞 |
| 1980 | National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism | — | 批評 | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | — | 文学批評 | Iowa Writers' Workshop / University of Iowa | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities | The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar | — | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | 選出・講演 |
| 2013 | Don M. Randel Award for Humanistic Studies | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism (American Academy of Arts and Letters) | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
Fulbright Fellowship
1954
主催:
Fulbright Program
結果:
受賞
James Russell Lowell Prize
1969
主催:
Modern Language Association (MLA)
結果:
受賞
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
1970
主催:
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
結果:
受賞
Metcalf Cup & Prize
1975
主催:
Boston University
結果:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
1980
部門:
批評
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
受賞
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
1996
部門:
文学批評
主催:
Iowa Writers' Workshop / University of Iowa
結果:
受賞
Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
2004
対象作品:
The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar
主催:
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
結果:
選出・講演
Don M. Randel Award for Humanistic Studies
2013
主催:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
結果:
受賞
Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism (American Academy of Arts and Letters)
2023
主催:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第18回（2023年） Winner
作品
代表作
Yeats's Vision and the Later Plays
1963年 literary criticismA detailed critical analysis of W. B. Yeats's later works and plays.
poetic formYeats's later thought
On Extended Wings: Wallace Stevens' Longer Poems
1969年 literary criticismClose readings of Wallace Stevens's longer poems, elucidating themes and technique.
modern poetrylanguage and imagery in poetry
The Odes of John Keats
1983年 literary criticism / commentaryClose readings of Keats's odes, examining their form and meaning.
Romanticismlyric technique
Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology
2002年 anthology / introductionAn introduction to contemporary poetry with selected poems and commentary on reading.
contemporary American poetrypoetic reading
全著作
- Yeats's Vision and the Later Plays (1963)
- On Extended Wings: Wallace Stevens' Longer Poems (1969)
- The Poetry of George Herbert (1975)
- Part of Nature, Part of Us: Modern American Poets (1980)
- The Odes of John Keats (1983)
- Wallace Stevens: Words Chosen out of Desire (1986)
- The Given and the Made (1995)
- The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1997)
- Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology (2002)
- Coming of Age as a Poet (2003)
- Invisible Listeners (2005)
- Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form (2007)
- The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar (2015)
作風・主題
- 文体
- close-reading focused textual analysisapproach of reading from the writer's point of viewclear, explanatory critical prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- lyric voice and formrole of sound and imagery in poetryrelationship between a poet's voice and technique
評価・遺産
Helen Vendler was a preeminent American poetry critic whose close readings helped establish and secure the reputations of numerous poets and left a lasting impact on literary scholarship and pedagogy.
関連学会
- Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Philosophical Society
資料所蔵先
- Harvard University archives (related holdings)
- Boston University libraries (related holdings)
大衆文化への影響
- Profiles and obituaries in major newspapers (The New York Times, The Boston Globe)
引用
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She described close reading as "reading from the point of view of a writer."
出典: The New York Times (profile) (2006年)
豆知識
- She majored in chemistry as an undergraduate before switching to English literature.
- In 1959 she was one of the first women offered an instructor position in Harvard's English department, which she declined at the time.