Newton Arvin | |
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| Born | Frederic Newton Arvin August 23, 1900 Valparaiso, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 23, 1963 (aged 62) Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Union Street/Old City Cemetery, Porter County, Indiana |
| Occupation | Teacher, writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Notable works | Hawthorne Whitman Herman Melville Longfellow: His Life and Work |
| Notable awards | National Book Award, 1951 |
Frederic Newton Arvin (August 23, 1900[1] – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic. He achieved national recognition for his studies of individual nineteenth-century American authors.
After teaching at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, for 38 years, he was forced into retirement in 1960 after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the possession of pictures of semi-nude males that the law deemed pornographic.[a][2]
Arvin was also one of the first lovers of the author Truman Capote.
- ^ Werth, Barry (2001). The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal. New York: Doubleday. pp. 15, 40.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (February 20, 2006). "Joel Dorius, 87, Victim in Celebrated Anti-Gay Case, Dies". The New York Times.
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