Richard Howard

David Bergman (Towson University)

Ed. by Nick Selby, University of East Anglia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 1962
Died 2022
Activity 1962-ongoing

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

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Richard Howard said that he became a writer to justify being a reader, and he regretted that so many would-be writers read so little. The walls of his apartment were almost completely covered in books, one indication among many that his was a life suffused with literature. However, Howard would have argued that he was no different from anyone else, since we all see the world mediated through language. He differed only in being more conscious of the way we use texts to make sense of the world and in having so many different texts at his disposal. To complain that Howard was bookish is to complain that he brought to his work the rich resources of his deep and diverse culture; yet he took after Henry James – one of his most powerful models – in that his erudition was complimented by what…

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Citation: Bergman, David. "Richard Howard". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 March 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2230, accessed 21 November 2024.]