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

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, and the author of numerous books on naturalism. He was awarded a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

in 1962. For

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professor James Nagel, Pizer "has made enormous contributions to the study of naturalism in the period from 1890 through World War II, with a score or more of books on

Jack London John Griffith London (; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors t ...

, Hamlin Garland,

Theodore Dreiser Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalism (literature), naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despi ...

Frank Norris Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalism (literature), naturalist genre. His notable works include ''M ...

John Dos Passos John Roderigo Dos Passos (; January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. (trilogy), ''U.S.A.'' trilogy. Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916. He traveled widely as a ...

, the 1890s, and twentieth-century fiction." In 1971 he presented the paper, "Dreiser 's Fiction: The Editorial Problem" for the A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography to mark the

Centenary.Pizer, Donald, and Robert Henry Elias. 1971. ''Theodore Dreiser Centenary: A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship Lectures in Bibliography.'' Philadelphia: Library Chronicle, University of Pennsylvania. 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.

Works

* * * * * * * *Pizer, Donald, Lisa Nanney, and Richard Layman (2017). ''The Paintings and Drawings of John Dos Passos: A Collection and Study''. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press. ISBN 9781942954217. OCLC 987526434. *Pizer, Donald, ed. (2018). Theodore Dreiser Recalled. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press. ISBN 9781942954446. OCLC 990141401. *Dos Passos, John. Ed. Donald Pizer (2020). Manhattan Transfer: An Annotated Edition. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press. ISBN 9781949979619. OCLC 1450715016. Available Open Access on Project Muse: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/125831

References

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