Arlin Turner Explained

Henry Arlin Turner (November 25, 1909 – April 24, 1980) was an American biographer and professor of English, 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 four books^[3] 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

• 20779463. Autobiographical Elements in Hawthorne's "the Blithedale Romance". Turner. Arlin. Studies in English. 1935. 15. 39–62.
• 458069. Hawthorne's Literary Borrowings. Turner. Arlin. 2. PMLA. 1936. 51. 2. 543–562. 10.2307/458069. 163579204 .
• 360719. Hawthorne at Martha's Vineyard. Turner. Arlin. 2. The New England Quarterly. 1938. 11. 2. 394–400. 10.2307/360719.
• 43462539. The Southern Novel. Turner. H. Arlin. 2. Southwest Review. 1940. 25. 2. 205–212.
• 361506. Hawthorne and Reform. Turner. Arlin. 2. The New England Quarterly. 1942. 15. 4. 700–714. 10.2307/361506.
• 27712891. Turner. Arlin. 2. Sources of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 1947. 46. 3. 298–301.
• 361539. Whittier Calls on George W. Cable. Turner. Arlin. 2. The New England Quarterly. 1949. 22. 1. 92–96. 10.2307/361539.
• A Novelist Discovers a Novelist: The Correspondence of H.H. Boyesen and George W. Cable. Turner, Arlin. 2. Western Humanities Review; Salt Lake City. 5. 4. 1951. 343.
• 362358. Mark Twain, Cable, and "A Professional Newspaper Liar". Turner. Arlin. 2. The New England Quarterly. 1955. 28. 1. 18–33. 10.2307/362358.
• 3040453. James Lampton, Mark Twain's Model for Colonel Sellers. Turner. Arlin. 2. Modern Language Notes. 1955. 70. 8. 592–594. 10.2307/3040453.
• 41395587. Realism and Fantasy in Southern Humor. Turner. Arlin. 2. The Georgia Review. 1958. 12. 4. 451–457.
• 373664. Nathaniel Hawthorne in American Studies. Turner. Arlin. 2. College English. 1964. 26. 2. 133–139. 10.2307/373664.
• Turner, Arlin. 2. Mark Twain and the South: An Affair of Love and Anger. The Southern Review. 4. 2. 1968. 493.
• 27747597. Turner. Arlin. 2. Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908). American Literary Realism, 1870-1910. 1968. 1. 3. 18–23.
• 3816976. Turner. Arlin. 2. George W. Cable on Prison Reform. Huntington Library Quarterly. 1972. 36. 1. 69–75. 10.2307/3816976.
• 42573077. Turner. Arlin. 2. 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. 1975. 2. 2. 116–120.
• 26474508. George W. Cable's Use of the Past. Turner. Arlin. 2. The Mississippi Quarterly. 1977. 30. 4. 512–516.
• 41278634. Interpreting Nineteenth-Century American Literature—A Supplement. Turner. Arlin. 2. American Studies International. 1980. 18. 3/4. 5–21.

Books

• Book: Turner, Arlin. Hawthorne as Editor. Louisiana University Press. 1941. ^[9]
• Book: Turner, Arlin. 2. George W. Cable: A Biography. Duke University Press. Durham, North Carolina. 1956. ^[10] Book: 1966 pbk reprint. March 1966. Louisiana State University Press. 9780807101063.
• Book: Turner, Arlin. 2. Mark Twain and George W. Cable: A Record of Literary Friendship. Michigan State University Press. Ann Arbor. 1960.
• Book: Turner, Arlin. 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Introduction and Interpretation. Barnes and Noble. New York. 1961.

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• Book: Critical essays on George W. Cable. 9780816182565. Turner, Arlin. 2. 1980. ^[11]
• Book: Turner, Arlin. 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Biography. Oxford University Press. New York. 1980. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. Web site: Dent, Heather (author). Grindstaff, Katie. Arlin Turner. BEREApedia, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
2. Thorp, Willard. Arlin Turner, 1909-1980. South Atlantic Quarterly. 80. 1. 1980. 1–5. 10.1215/00382876-80-1-1 . 257828673 .
3. Smith, Henry Nash. 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. 1984. 355. 10.2307/3508361. 3508361.
4. 26366131. Simpson. Lewis P.. Arlin Turner, 1909-1980. Resources for American Literary Study. 1980. 10. 2. 117–120. 10.2307/26366131 .
5. Web site: Arlin Turner. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
6. Web site: Charles S. Sydnor Award | Southern Historical Association.
7. Book: Budd, Louis J.. Cady, Edwin Harrison. Anderson, Carl L.. Toward a New American Literary History: Essays in Honor of Arlin Turner. Duke University Press. Durham, North Carolina. 1980.
8. 517190. Tallack. Douglas. 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. 1983. 34. 133. 114–116. 10.1093/res/XXXIV.133.114.
9. Hawthorne as Editor, edited by Arlin Turner (Book Review). Hawthorne, Manning. New England Quarterly . 15. 1. January 1, 1942. 168. 10.2307/360248. 360248.
10. George W. Cable. A Biography, by Arlin Turner (Book Review). Bezou, Henry C.. Catholic Historical Review; Washington. 43. 2. July 1, 1957. 235.
11. Critical Essays on George W. Cable. Edited by Arlin Turner (Book Review). Richardson, Thomas J.. Southern Quarterly; Hattiesburg. 20. 4. Summer 1982. 112.
12. 2925286. Martin. Terence. Reviewed work: Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Biography by Arlin Turner. American Literature. 1980. 52. 3. 475–477. 10.2307/2925286.
13. 365497. Murphy. Francis. Reviewed work: Nathaniel Hawthorne by Arlin Turner. The New England Quarterly. 1980. 53. 4. 547–549. 10.2307/365497.

External links

• Guide to the Arlin Turner Papers, 1927–1980