Sacvan Bercovitch
Sacvan Bercovitch was a Canadian literary and cultural critic who spent most of his life teaching and writing in the United States. During an academic career spanning five decades, he was considered to be one of the most influential and controversial figures of his generation in the emerging field of American studies.
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- Born in
- Montreal
- Educated at
- Claremont Graduate UniversityReed College
- Awards
- 🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 James Russell Lowell Prize🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1933
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