Donald Pizer (April 5, 1929 – November 7, 2023) was an American academic and literary critic who was regarded as one of the principal authorities on the
American naturalism literary movement. He was the
Pierce Butler Professor of English Emeritus at
Tulane University,[1] and the author of numerous books on naturalism.[2] He was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962.[3]
After retiring from teaching in 2001, Pizer carried on with his research and writing up until a few years before his death on November 7, 2023, at the age of 94.[5]
Works
Pizer, Donald (1964). The Literary Criticism of Frank Norris. New York: Russell & Russell.
OCLC891427579.
Pizer, Donald (1996). The Theory and Practice of American Literary Naturalism: Selected Essays and Reviews. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press.
ISBN9780809318476.
OCLC256706016.
Pizer, Donald (2002). The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism: Howells to London. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN9780521438766.
OCLC935574928.
Pizer, Donald (2008). American Naturalism and the Jews: Garland, Norris, Dreiser, Wharton, and Cather. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press.
ISBN9780252033438.
OCLC470680491.
Pizer, Donald (2014). The Significant Hamlin Garland: A Collection of Essays. New York: Anthem Press.
ISBN9781783083053.
OCLC905564865.
References
^"Donald Pizer". Tulane University. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
^Brennan, Stephen C. (Summer 2006). "Donald Pizer and the Study of American Literary Naturalism". Studies in American Naturalism. 1 (1/2): 3–14.
JSTOR23431271.
^"Donald Pizer". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
^Nagel, James (Summer 2006). "Donald Pizer, American Naturalism, and Stephen Crane". Studies in American Naturalism. 1 (1/2): 30–35.
^"Donald Pizer". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 28 January 2024.