Morris Dickstein
1940 - 2021
General Information
Bio
(1940-2021) Historian, critic. Morris Dickstein was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
Morris Dickstein
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1940
BIRTH
Morris Dickstein was born in Manhattan, New York, on February 23, 1940.
1945
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Mr. Dickstein attended the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, during the 1940s and 1950s.
1961
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Mr. Dickstein studied at Columbia University and at the Jewish Theological Seminary and received a bachelor's degree from Columbia in 1961.
1965
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Mr. Dickstein taught at Columbia University during the late 1960s.
1970
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Mr. Dickstein taught at the Graduate Center of City University of New York beginning in the early 1970s.
1970
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Mr. Dickstein taught at Queens College beginning in the early 1970s.
1977
LITWORK
Gates Of Eden: American Culture In The Sixties
Basic Books
0465026311 / 978-0465026319
Nonfiction. Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award.
Basic Books
0465026311 / 978-0465026319
Nonfiction. Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award.
1992
LITWORK
Double Agent: The Critic and Society
Oxford University Press
0195073991 / 978-0195073997
Nonfiction.
Oxford University Press
0195073991 / 978-0195073997
Nonfiction.
2002
LITWORK
Leopards In The Temple: The Transformation Of American Fiction, 1945-1970
Harvard University Press
0674006046 / 978-0674006041
Nonfiction.
Harvard University Press
0674006046 / 978-0674006041
Nonfiction.
2005
LITWORK
A Mirror In The Roadway: Literature In The Real World
Princeton University Press
0691119961 ISBN-13 : 978-0691119960
Nonfiction.
Princeton University Press
0691119961 ISBN-13 : 978-0691119960
Nonfiction.
2009
LITWORK
Dancing In The Dark: A Cultural History Of The Great Depression
W. W. Norton & Company
0393072258 / 978-0393072259
Nonfiction. Was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.
W. W. Norton & Company
0393072258 / 978-0393072259
Nonfiction. Was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.
2015
LITWORK
Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education
Liveright
0871404311 / 978-0871404312
Memoir.
Liveright
0871404311 / 978-0871404312
Memoir.
2021
DEATH
Morris Dickstein died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on March 23, 2021.
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