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Fred Kaplan

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The Bronx, New York, The United States

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Biography, English Literature

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Fred Kaplan (born 1937) is distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He attended Lafayette High School and Brooklyn College. His book "Thomas Carlyle" was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

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	John Quincy Adams: American Visionary 4.15 avg rating — 1,514 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer 3.87 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War 3.55 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dickens: A Biography (John Curtis Book) 3.89 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1988 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizards of Armageddon (Stanford Nuclear Age Series) by Fred Kaplan, Martin J. Sherwin (Foreword) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dickens and Mesmerism: The Hidden Springs of Fiction (Princeton Legacy Library, 1541) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Adviser: Best in American and British Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Literary Biography, Bibliography and Reference v. 1: A Layman's Guide to Literature really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miracles of Rare Device: The Poet's Sense of Self in Nineteenth-Century Poetry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilke Collins to the Forefront Summary Assessment: Studies in 19th Century Literature and Culture (A Numbered Monographic Series 1992)) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dubious Specter: A Skeptical Look at the Soviet Nuclear Threat 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Success in bureaucratic politics comes when those in charge claim a once-unpopular idea as their own”
― Fred Kaplan

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“The true poet is of the hero type, soaring above sensual gratification and rational formulas. The language of poetry has the potential for generating cosmic visions and the optimism of a regenerative belief system.”
― Fred Kaplan

tags: cosmic, hero, poet, poetry, sacred, sentimentality, tears, victorian

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