John Tytell

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John Tytell
Born1939
Antwerp, Belgium
NationalityAmerican
EducationPhD
Alma mater City College of New York
New York University
OccupationAcademic, writer
Employer Queens College, City University of New York
Spouse(s) Mellon Tytell

John Tytell (born 1939) is an American writer and academic. [1] He is professor emeritus of modern American literature at Queens College, City University of New York. [2] [3] [1]

Contents

Tytell's works on literary figures such as Jack Kerouac, Ezra Pound, [4] Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, and William S. Burroughs have made him a leading scholar of the Beat Generation. [5] He has written for the American Scholar, Partisan Review, New York Times, and Vanity Fair. [1]

Early life

Tytell was born in Antwerp, Belgium. [1]

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "John Tytell". American Book Review, accessed 16 September 2020.
  2. "Emeritus". The Department of English, CUNY.
  3. "John Tytell on the Beat Writers and Literary Mayhem". CUNY, 13 January 2015.
  4. Parisi, Joseph (16 August 1987). "Demystifying Ezra Pound". Chicago Tribune.
  5. "John Tytell". Los Angeles Review of Books.