Maxwell Geismar

American writer (1909–1979)
Maxwell Geismar
BornAugust 1, 1909 (1909-08)
DiedJuly 24, 1979(1979-07-24) (aged 69)
Alma materColumbia University
Harvard University
Genreliterary criticism and biography
Notable worksBiography of Mark Twain
Notable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1942)

Maxwell David Geismar (August 1, 1909 – July 1979) was an American writer, literary critic and biographer of Mark Twain.[1][2] He also penned the introduction to Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice.[3] A teacher at Sarah Lawrence College for many years, he signed "The Triple Revolution", sent to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

References

  1. ^ M. D. Geismar. Mark Twain: An American Prophet. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1970.
  2. ^ Brief biography of Maxwell Geismar
  3. ^ Text of Introduction to Soul on Ice


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