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More, Paul Elmer
More, Paul Elmer (1864–1937),born in St. Louis, graduated from Washington University (1887), and continued his studies there and at Harvard. He taught Sanskrit and the classics at Harvard and Bryn Mawr, but then became a critic in New York, editing The Nation (1909–14), finally returning to scholarship as a lecturer at Princeton. His broad classical knowledge is shown in his Shelburne Essays (14 vols., 1904–36), and in other critical works that include Platonism (1917), The Religion of Plato (1921), Hellenistic Philosophies (1923), The Christ of the New Testament (1924), Christ the Word (1927), The Demon of the Absolute (1928), and The Catholic Faith (1931). Pages from an Oxford Diary (1937) is an autobiographical work. More was associated with Irving Babbitt as a leader in the New Humanist movement.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "More, Paul Elmer." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "More, Paul Elmer." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MorePaulElmer.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "More, Paul Elmer." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MorePaulElmer.html |
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Paul Elmer More
Paul Elmer More 1864–1937, American critic, educator, and philosopher, b. St. Louis. More taught Sanskrit and classical literature and then was a newspaper editor until 1914, after which he wrote and lectured. Associated with Irving Babbitt in the movement called the New Humanism, More became an authority on Greek philosophy. His major works are the Shelburne Essays (11 vol., 1904–21), The Greek Tradition (5 vol., 1921–31), and the New Shelburne Essays (3 vol., 1928–36).
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"Paul Elmer More." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Paul Elmer More." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-More-P.html "Paul Elmer More." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-More-P.html |
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