Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Carl Van Doren
Born: September 10, 1885
Died: July 18, 1950 (aged 64)
Bio: Carl Clinton Van Doren was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.
Known for:
- The great rehearsal
- Benjamin Franklin
- American scriptures
- The American novel, 1789-1939 (1921)
- Contemporary American novelists, 1900-1920 (1921)
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