Richard Slotkin
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Richard Slotkin (born 1942) is a cultural critic and historian. He is the Olin Professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and in 2010 is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][2] Slotkin writes novels alongside his historical research, and uses the process of writing the novels to clarify and refine his historical work.[3]
Education and Career
Slotkin received his BA from Brooklyn College, his MAAE from Wesleyan University and his PhD from Brown University.[2] He started teaching at Wesleyan University in 1966 and helped establish the school's American studies and film studies program.[4]
Awards
Regeneration Through Violence received the Albert Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association as the Best Book in American History (1973) and was a Finalist for the National Book Award in 1974.[5][6]
Gunfighter Nation was a National Book Award Finalist in 1993.[7]
In 1995 he received the Mary C. Turpie Award of the American Studies Association for his contributions to teaching and program-building.[8]
His novel, Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln, won the 2000 Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction.[9]
Works
- Regeneration Through Violence: the Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 (Wesleyan University Press, 1973)
- The Fatal Environment: the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890, (Atheneum, 1985)
- Gunfighter nation: the myth of the frontier in twentieth-century America (Atheneum, 1992)
- Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality
- The Crater: A Novel of the Civil War
- The Return of Henry Starr
- Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln
- No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864
References
- ^ "Academy Member Connection". www.amacad.org.
- ^ a b "Richard S. Slotkin - Faculty, Wesleyan University". www.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ Slotkin, Richard (June–September 2005). "Fiction for the Purposes of History". Rethinking History. 9 (2/3): 221–236. doi:10.1080/13642520500149152.
- ^ "Richard Slotkin | Guests | BillMoyers.com". BillMoyers.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "Albert J. Beveridge Award Recipients | AHA". American Historical Association. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Regeneration Through Violence". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ Press, Berkeley Electronic. "SelectedWorks - Richard Slotkin". works.bepress.com.
- ^ "The Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction". Louisiana State University. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Richard Slotkin Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
