Henry Nash Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 29, 1906 |
| Died | June 6, 1986 (aged 79) |
| Spouse | Elinor Lucas |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Southern Methodist University (BA) Harvard University (MFA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English |
| Sub-discipline | American Studies |
| Institutions | Southern Methodist University University of Texas at Austin University of Minnesota University of California, Berkeley |
| Notable works | Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth, 1950 (reprint Vintage Books, 1957; Harvard University Press, 1970) |
Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906 – June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature. He is recognized as one of the founders of the academic discipline American studies.[1] He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark Twain Papers. The Handbook of Texas reported that an uncle encouraged Smith to read at an early age, and that the boy developed an interest in the works of Rudyard Kipling, Robert L. Stevenson and Mark Twain.[2]
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