James F. Light (1921 – 2002) was an American literary scholar, professor, and academic administrator.[1] During his academic career, he helped revive the works of satirist Nathanael West, with the first book length critical study of West's work, Nathanael West: An Interpretive Study (1961).[2] He was also the leading authority on John William De Forest, the early American realist whose work he critiqued in John William De Forest (1965),[3] and he wrote extensively on J. D. Salinger, Robert Penn Warren and others. His essay, "The Religion of Death in A Farewell to Arms" was collected by Hemingway scholar Carlos Baker in Baker's Ernest Hemingway: A Critique of Four Major Novels.
- ^ "James F. Light Obituary". Cremation Society of New Hampshire. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
- ^ Light, James F. (1971). Nathanael West: An Interpretative Study (2nd ed.). Evanston [Ill.]: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 9780810103375.
- ^ Light, James F. (1965). John William DeForest. [S.l.]: New College & University Press. ISBN 0808401920. OCLC 795371311.