Karl, Frederick R. (Frederick Robert), 1927-2004
Person
Dates
- Existence: 19270410 - 20040430
Gender
- Males
Occupations
Places
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (Place of Birth)
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) (Place of Death)
- East Hampton (N.Y.) (Residence)
Topics
Languages Used
- Language: English. Script: Latin
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Frederick Robert Karl papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2000-1
Scope and Contents
The distinguished literary biographer and critic Frederick R. Karl was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1927. After service in the US Navy, 1944-46, he attended Columbia University and Stanford. He taught at City College of CUNY from 1957-1982, and since 1982 has been Professor of English at New York University. Mr. Karl's literary archive covers his biographies of four major writers - Joseph Conrad (1979), William Faulkner (1989), Franz Kafka (1991), and George Eliot (1995) - with a...
Dates:
1961 - 1996