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# Newton Arvin

(1900–1963)   Literary Historian

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Newton Arvin was a literary historian.

## Quick Facts About Newton Arvin

Born August 25, 1900

Died March 23, 1963

Profession Literary Historian

## About Newton Arvin

literary critic (1900–1963)... \| Frederic Newton Arvin was an American literary critic and academic. He achieved national recognition for his studies of individual nineteenth-century American authors.

##  Quotes by Newton Arvin

> [Reading student papers, blue books, etc., a form of torture ... a matter of rubbing an iron file over one's teeth, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newton-arvin/reading-student-papers-blue-books-etc-a-form-of-torture-a-matter-of/)

Newton Arvin

[Blue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue/)

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> [“If the impress on the imagination is that of a high poetic form it is not because the poetry is 'allegorically' imposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newton-arvin/if-the-impress-on-the-imagination-is-that-of-a-high-poetic-form-it-is/)

Newton Arvin

[Imagination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination/)

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