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Turner wrote five books<ref name=Dent/> and more than seventy articles published in scholarly journals.<ref name=Dent/> He wrote extensively on [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[George Washington Cable]], and [[Mark Twain]]. Turner was managing editor from 1954 to 1963<ref name=Dent/> and then editor from 1963 to 1979 for [[American Literature (journal)|''American Literature'']] (published by [[Duke University Press]]).<ref name=Smith/> He also served on the editorial boards of ''Resources for American Literary Study'',<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=26366131|last1=Simpson|first1=Lewis P.|title=Arlin Turner, 1909-1980|journal=Resources for American Literary Study|year=1980|volume=10|issue=2|pages=117–120}}</ref> the ''South Atlantic Quarterly'', the ''Arlington Quarterly'', ''Studies in American Humor'', and the ''[[Southern Literary Journal]]''.<ref name=Dent/>
Turner wrote five books<ref name=Dent/> and more than seventy articles published in scholarly journals.<ref name=Dent/> He wrote extensively on [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[George Washington Cable]], and [[Mark Twain]]. Turner was managing editor from 1954 to 1963<ref name=Dent/> and then editor from 1963 to 1979 for [[American Literature (journal)|''American Literature'']] (published by [[Duke University Press]]).<ref name=Smith/> He also served on the editorial boards of ''Resources for American Literary Study'',<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=26366131|last1=Simpson|first1=Lewis P.|title=Arlin Turner, 1909-1980|journal=Resources for American Literary Study|year=1980|volume=10|issue=2|pages=117–120}}</ref> the ''South Atlantic Quarterly'', the ''Arlington Quarterly'', ''Studies in American Humor'', and the ''[[Southern Literary Journal]]''.<ref name=Dent/>


Turner was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for the academic years 1947–1948 and 1959–1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arlin Turner|website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/arlin-turner/}}</ref> In 1958 the Southern Historical Association gave him the Charles S. Sydnor Award for his 1956 biography of George W. Cable.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesha.org/awards/sydnor|title=Charles S. Sydnor Award &#124; Southern Historical Association}}</ref> Turner was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature in 1976 from [[Berea College]].<ref name=Dent/> In 1980 a collection of literary essays was published in his honor.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Budd, Louis J.|editor2=Cady, Edwin Harrison|editor3=Anderson, Carl L.|title=Toward a New American Literary History: Essays in Honor of Arlin Turner|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, North Carolina|year=1980}}</ref> His wife was Thelma Sherrill Turner (1910?–1999).
Turner was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for the academic years 1947–1948 and 1959–1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arlin Turner|website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/arlin-turner/}}</ref> In 1958 the Southern Historical Association gave him the Charles S. Sydnor Award for his 1956 biography of George W. Cable.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesha.org/awards/sydnor|title=Charles S. Sydnor Award &#124; Southern Historical Association}}</ref> Turner was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature in 1976 from [[Berea College]].<ref name=Dent/> In 1980 a collection of literary essays was published in his honor.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Budd, Louis J.|editor2=Cady, Edwin Harrison|editor3=Anderson, Carl L.|title=Toward a New American Literary History: Essays in Honor of Arlin Turner|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, North Carolina|year=1980}}</ref> His wife was Thelma Sherrill Turner (1910?–1999).


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
===Articles===
*{{cite journal|jstor=20779463|title=Autobiographical Elements in Hawthorne's "the Blithedale Romance"|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|journal=Studies in English|year=1935|issue=15|pages=39–62}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=458069|title=Hawthorne's Literary Borrowings|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=Pmla|year=1936|volume=51|issue=2|pages=543–562|doi=10.2307/458069}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=360719|title=Hawthorne at Martha's Vineyard|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=The New England Quarterly|year=1938|volume=11|issue=2|pages=394–400|doi=10.2307/360719}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=43462539|title=The Southern Novel|last1=Turner|first1=H. Arlin|authormask=2|journal=Southwest Review|year=1940|volume=25|issue=2|pages=205–212}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=361506|title=Hawthorne and Reform|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=The New England Quarterly|year=1942|volume=15|issue=4|pages=700–714|doi=10.2307/361506}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=27712891|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|title=Sources of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom"|journal=The Journal of English and Germanic Philology|year=1947|volume=46|issue=3|pages=298–301}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=361539|title=Whittier Calls on George W. Cable|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=The New England Quarterly|year=1949|volume=22|issue=1|pages=92–96|doi=10.2307/361539}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=362358|title=Mark Twain, Cable, and "A Professional Newspaper Liar"|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=The New England Quarterly|year=1955|volume=28|issue=1|pages=18–33|doi=10.2307/362358}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=3040453|title=James Lampton, Mark Twain's Model for Colonel Sellers|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=Modern Language Notes|year=1955|volume=70|issue=8|pages=592–594|doi=10.2307/3040453}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=41395587|title=Realism and Fantasy in Southern Humor|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=The Georgia Review|year=1958|volume=12|issue=4|pages=451–457}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=373664|title=Nathaniel Hawthorne in American Studies|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=College English|year=1964|volume=26|issue=2|pages=133–139|doi=10.2307/373664}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=27747597|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|title=Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)|journal=American Literary Realism, 1870-1910|year=1968|volume=1|issue=3|pages=18–23}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=3816976|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|title=George W. Cable on Prison Reform|journal=Huntington Library Quarterly|year=1972|volume=36|issue=1|pages=69–75|doi=10.2307/3816976}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=42573077|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|title=Texts of Two Addresses Delivered at the Second Annual Meeting of the American Humor Studies Association of the MLA Convention in San Francisco in December 1975: A "Want-List" for the Study of American Humor|journal=Studies in American Humor|year=1975|volume=2|issue=2|pages=116–120}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=26474508|title=George W. Cable's Use of the Past|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=The Mississippi Quarterly|year=1977|volume=30|issue=4|pages=512–516}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=41278634|title=Interpreting Nineteenth-Century American Literature—A Supplement|last1=Turner|first1=Arlin|authormask=2|journal=American Studies International|year=1980|volume=18|issue=3/4|pages=5–21}}
===Books===
* {{cite book|editor=Turner, Arlin|title=Hawthorne as Editor|publisher=Louisiana University Press|year=1941}}
* {{cite book|editor=Turner, Arlin|title=Hawthorne as Editor|publisher=Louisiana University Press|year=1941}}
* {{cite book|author=Turner, Arlin|title=George W. Cable: A Biography|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, North Carolina|year=1956}} {{cite book|title=1966 pbk reprint|date=March 1966|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|isbn=9780807101063|url=https://books.google.com/?id=-O-f1qQPViEC}}
* {{cite book|author=Turner, Arlin|title=George W. Cable: A Biography|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, North Carolina|year=1956}} {{cite book|title=1966 pbk reprint|date=March 1966|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|isbn=9780807101063|url=https://books.google.com/?id=-O-f1qQPViEC}}

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Henry Arlin Turner (November 25, 1909, Abilene, Texas – April 24, 1980, Austin, Texas) was an American biographer and professor of English literature, specializing in American literature of the 19th century.

Biography

Arlin Turner graduated from West Texas State Teachers College with bachelor's degree in 1927[1] and from the University of Texas with Ph.D. in 1934.[2] From 1933 to 1936 he taught in the English department of the University of Texas. From 1936 to 1952 he was a member of the department of English at Louisiana State University. During WW II he served in the United States Naval Reserve.[1]

Turner was from 1953 to 1979 a professor at Duke University,[1] where he also chaired the department of English for sixteen years.[3] He retired in 1979 from Duke University as professor emeritus and then from 1979 until his death in 1980 taught at Southwest Texas State University .[2]

Turner wrote five books[1] and more than seventy articles published in scholarly journals.[1] He wrote extensively on Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Washington Cable, and Mark Twain. Turner was managing editor from 1954 to 1963[1] and then editor from 1963 to 1979 for American Literature (published by Duke University Press).[3] He also served on the editorial boards of Resources for American Literary Study,[4] the South Atlantic Quarterly, the Arlington Quarterly, Studies in American Humor, and the Southern Literary Journal.[1]

Turner was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for the academic years 1947–1948 and 1959–1960.[5] In 1958 the Southern Historical Association gave him the Charles S. Sydnor Award for his 1956 biography of George W. Cable.[6] Turner was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature in 1976 from Berea College.[1] In 1980 a collection of literary essays was published in his honor.[7][8] His wife was Thelma Sherrill Turner (1910?–1999).

Selected publications

Articles

  • Turner, Arlin (1935). "Autobiographical Elements in Hawthorne's "the Blithedale Romance"". Studies in English (15): 39–62. JSTOR 20779463.
  • Turner, Arlin (1936). "Hawthorne's Literary Borrowings". Pmla. 51 (2): 543–562. doi:10.2307/458069. JSTOR 458069. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1938). "Hawthorne at Martha's Vineyard". The New England Quarterly. 11 (2): 394–400. doi:10.2307/360719. JSTOR 360719. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, H. Arlin (1940). "The Southern Novel". Southwest Review. 25 (2): 205–212. JSTOR 43462539. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1942). "Hawthorne and Reform". The New England Quarterly. 15 (4): 700–714. doi:10.2307/361506. JSTOR 361506. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1947). "Sources of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom"". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 46 (3): 298–301. JSTOR 27712891. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1949). "Whittier Calls on George W. Cable". The New England Quarterly. 22 (1): 92–96. doi:10.2307/361539. JSTOR 361539. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1955). "Mark Twain, Cable, and "A Professional Newspaper Liar"". The New England Quarterly. 28 (1): 18–33. doi:10.2307/362358. JSTOR 362358. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1955). "James Lampton, Mark Twain's Model for Colonel Sellers". Modern Language Notes. 70 (8): 592–594. doi:10.2307/3040453. JSTOR 3040453. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1958). "Realism and Fantasy in Southern Humor". The Georgia Review. 12 (4): 451–457. JSTOR 41395587. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1964). "Nathaniel Hawthorne in American Studies". College English. 26 (2): 133–139. doi:10.2307/373664. JSTOR 373664. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1968). "Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)". American Literary Realism, 1870-1910. 1 (3): 18–23. JSTOR 27747597. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1972). "George W. Cable on Prison Reform". Huntington Library Quarterly. 36 (1): 69–75. doi:10.2307/3816976. JSTOR 3816976. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1975). "Texts of Two Addresses Delivered at the Second Annual Meeting of the American Humor Studies Association of the MLA Convention in San Francisco in December 1975: A "Want-List" for the Study of American Humor". Studies in American Humor. 2 (2): 116–120. JSTOR 42573077. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1977). "George W. Cable's Use of the Past". The Mississippi Quarterly. 30 (4): 512–516. JSTOR 26474508. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1980). "Interpreting Nineteenth-Century American Literature—A Supplement". American Studies International. 18 (3/4): 5–21. JSTOR 41278634. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Books

  • Turner, Arlin, ed. (1941). Hawthorne as Editor. Louisiana University Press.
  • Turner, Arlin (1956). George W. Cable: A Biography. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. 1966 pbk reprint. Louisiana State University Press. March 1966. ISBN 9780807101063.
  • Turner, Arlin (1960). Mark Twain and George W. Cable: A Record of Literary Friendship. Ann Arbor: Michigan State University Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1961). Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Introduction and Interpretation. New York: Barnes and Noble; 149 pages {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Turner, Arlin (1980). Critical essays on George W. Cable. ISBN 9780816182565. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Turner, Arlin (1980). Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Dent, Heather (author). Grindstaff, Katie (ed.). "Arlin Turner". BEREApedia, Hutchins Library, Berea College. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Thorp, Willard (1980). "Arlin Turner, 1909-1980". South Atlantic Quarterly. 80 (1): 1–5.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Henry Nash (1984). "Book Review of Toward a New American Literary History: Essays in Honor of Arlin Turner, edited by Louis J. Budd, Edwin H. Cady, and Carl L. Anderson; and 2 other books". The Yearbook of English Studies. 14: 355. doi:10.2307/3508361. JSTOR 3508361.
  4. ^ Simpson, Lewis P. (1980). "Arlin Turner, 1909-1980". Resources for American Literary Study. 10 (2): 117–120. JSTOR 26366131.
  5. ^ "Arlin Turner". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  6. ^ "Charles S. Sydnor Award | Southern Historical Association".
  7. ^ Budd, Louis J.; Cady, Edwin Harrison; Anderson, Carl L., eds. (1980). Toward a New American Literary History: Essays in Honor of Arlin Turner. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
  8. ^ Tallack, Douglas (1983). "Reviewed work: Toward a New American Literary History: Essays in Honor of Arlin Turner, edited by Louis J. Budd, Edwin H. Cady, Carl L. Anderson". The Review of English Studies. 34 (133): 114–116. doi:10.1093/res/XXXIV.133.114. JSTOR 517190.
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