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Samuel Hynes


Born
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
August 29, 1924

Died
October 09, 2019

Genre
Literary Criticism, History, Memoir


A scholar and literary critic, Samuel Lynn Hynes Jr. attended the University of Minnesota before serving in the United States Marines as a torpedo bomber pilot during the Second World War. After completing his degree at the University of Minnesota, he earned his masters and doctorate degrees from Columbia University. Hynes taught at Swarthmore College from 1949 until 1968, Northwestern University from 1968 until 1976, and Princeton University from 1976 until his retirement as Woodrow Wilson professor of literature emeritus in 1990.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 5,470 ratings · 614 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors
The Unsubstantial Air: Amer...
3.90 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions
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Flights of Passage: Recolle...
3.72 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1988 — 22 editions
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The Soldiers' Tale: Bearing...
3.87 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions
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Reporting World War II: Ame...
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4.51 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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The Growing Seasons: An Ame...
4.08 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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A War Imagined: The First W...
4.16 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions
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The Auden Generation: Liter...
3.89 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1976 — 15 editions
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The Edwardian Turn of Mind
3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1968 — 11 editions
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On War and Writing
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Twentieth Century Interpret...
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