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containing a pithy quotation, usually little known, and often surprising or humorous, from some author or historical figure. In 2007, Barzun commented that "Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing." As late as October 2011, one month before his 104th birthday, he
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as his intellectual ancestors, and calling him "one of the West's most eminent historians of culture" and "a champion of the liberal arts tradition in higher education," who "deplored what he called the 'gangrene of specialism'",
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honors Barzun with its Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, awarded annually since 1993 to the author of a recent distinguished work of cultural history. He also received the gold medal for Criticism from the
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called the book "a great achievement" by a scholar "undiminished in his scholarship, research and polymathic interests," while also scrutinizing Barzun's scant treatment of figures like
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remarked, "The sheer scope of his knowledge was extraordinary. Barzun's eye roamed over the full spectrum of Western music, art, literature and philosophy." Essayist
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devices that aid an unusually rich system of cross-referencing and help keep many strands of thought in the book under organized control. Most pages feature a
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In his philosophy of writing history, Barzun emphasized the role of storytelling over the use of academic jargon and detached analysis. He concluded in
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of the class of 1927. He obtained a master's degree in 1928 and a Ph.D. in 1932 from Columbia, and taught history there from 1928 to 1955, becoming the
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Jacques Barzun continued to write on education and cultural history after retiring from Columbia. At 84 years of age, he began writing his
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Samplings and Chronicles: Being the Continuation of the Philolexian Society History, with Literary Selections from 1912 to 1927
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Over seven decades, Barzun wrote and edited more than forty books touching on an unusually broad range of subjects, including
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that "history cannot be a science; it is the very opposite, in that its interest resides in the particulars".
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Pleasures of Music: A Reader's Choice of Great Writing About Music and Musicians From Cellini to Bernard Shaw
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A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres
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Finding aid to the Jacques Barzun papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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Krystal, Arthur, "Age of Reason: In his hundred years, Jacques Barzun has learned a thing or two."
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On October 18, 2007, he received the 59th Great Teacher Award of the Society of Columbia Graduates
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Thomas Vinciguerra, "Jacques Barzun '27: Columbia Avatar", Columbia College Today, January 2006
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The Later Ego. Consisting of Ego 8 and Ego 9. Introduction and notes by Jacques Barzun
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bestseller. With this work he gained an international reputation. Reviewing it in the
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The French Race: Theories of Its Origins and Their Social and Political Implications
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In 1993, his book "An Essay on French Verse: For Readers of English Poetry" won the
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From 1955 to 1968, he served as Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of Faculties, and
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Library Associates. Barzun was appointed a Chevalier of the National Order of the
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
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as a sweeping and powerful survey of modern Western history, and it became a
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for many years, he published more than forty books, was awarded the American
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God's Country and Mine: A Declaration of Love, Spiced with a Few Harsh Words
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Critical Questions: On Music and Letters, Culture and Biography, 1940–1980
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The Bibliophile of the Future: His Complaints about the Twentieth Century
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City contented, city discontented : a history of modern Harrisburg
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Barzun did not disdain popular culture: his varied interests included
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What Is a School? An Institution in Limbo, Trim the College! A Utopia
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The Intellectual Portrait Series: A Conversation with Jacques Barzun
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Berlioz and His Century: An Introduction to the Age of Romanticism
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featuring Jacques Barzun. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (
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While on a diplomatic mission to the United States during the
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Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning
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The Energies of Art: Studies of Authors, Classic and Modern
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In 1936, Barzun married Mariana Lowell, a violinist from a
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Oxford University Press, 2011), has a chapter on Barzun.
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Four More Sidelights on Opera at Glimmerglass: 2001–2004
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Professor of History and a founder of the discipline of
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The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
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An Essay on French Verse: For Readers of English Poetry
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The American University: How It Runs, Where It Is Going
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The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
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Presidents of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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The American HeritageÂź Dictionary Blog: Jacques Barzun
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devoted to writings about Barzun, including interviews
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The Culture We Deserve: A Critique of Disenlightenment
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A Word or Two Before You Go: Brief Essays on Language
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group of artists and writers, and also worked in the
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Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists
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as a "flawless and magisterial" writer who tackled "
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Interview with Barzun in The Austin Chronicle, 2000
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Video shown at the 2007 Great Teacher Award banquet
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Reprint University of Chicago Press, 2002: 1063:. Reprint University of Chicago Press, 1993: 1026:. Reprint University of Chicago Press, 1975: 333:, the Columbia literary and debate club, and 8: 2300:, April 23, 2009, Old New York Stories, 2011 1986:"Book Review: Why Trilling Matters" (Review) 897:Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage 573:; he was one of the all-time authorities on 2042:Saint Louis University Library Associates. 1554:. Midtown Scholar Press. pp. 129–130. 1171:Three Talks at Northern Kentucky University 461:, which compared him with such scholars as 2396:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 2191:, Spring 2013. On being edited by Barzun. 914:. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1943. 395:), and afterwards was Literary Adviser to 212:, was published when he was 93 years old. 31: 20: 2304:A Conversation with Jacques Barzun (2010) 1902:, Jacques Barzun, Harper Perennial, 2001. 1489: 1487: 1141:Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers 595:. Barzun was also the author of books on 2361:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients 2206:"Jacques Barzun, Historian for All Time" 1621:, 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 32. 1389:JĂ©rĂŽme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation 2391:Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge 1632:"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" 1408: 1326:What Is a School? and Trim the College! 2272:Remembering the Work of Jacques Barzun 1685:"Education: Parnassus, Coast to Coast" 1596:. College.columbia.edu. Archived from 1423:from the original on December 12, 2021 2411:French emigrants to the United States 2312:his responses to a 2012 questionnaire 2017:"Website of St. Louis Literary Award" 1639:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1442:Edward Rothstein (October 25, 2012). 358:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 356:course. He was elected Fellow of the 196:, and was designated a knight of the 16:French-American historian (1907–2012) 7: 2401:National Humanities Medal recipients 1777:Epstein, Joseph (October 26, 2012). 1470:Epstein, Joseph (October 26, 2012). 933:. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1946. 871:Race: A Study in Modern Superstition 844:American Academy of Arts and Letters 745:. The book introduces several novel 418:was a producer of the award-winning 1494:Gathman, Roger (October 13, 2000). 1304:Sidelights on Opera at Glimmerglass 1083:On Writing, Editing, and Publishing 1039:Science: The Glorious Entertainment 846:, of which he was twice president. 613:On Writing, Editing, and Publishing 381:The Readers' Subscription Book Club 329:, a prize-winning president of the 2426:Philosophers from New York (state) 2366:Columbia College (New York) alumni 2341:21st-century American philosophers 2336:20th-century American philosophers 2167:Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind 1929:CrĂ©Ă© le October 26, 2012 Ă  07h10, 1813:. bleacherreport.com. July 6, 2009 1143:. 4th ed, Harper Perennial, 2001: 991:. Reprint Harper Perennial, 2002: 533:composition, university teaching, 387:(the other managing editors being 323:, Barzun was drama critic for the 220:Jacques Martin Barzun was born in 14: 1779:"Jacques Barzun: An Appreciation" 1472:"Jacques Barzun: An Appreciation" 954:. Reprint Greenwood Press, 1973: 691:, whom he compared in stature to 577:. Some of his books—particularly 243:. His father was a member of the 1832:Holley, Joe (October 26, 2012). 1716:Martin, Deborah (May 14, 2012). 1368: 1206:). University of Chicago Press. 1204:Berlioz and the Romantic Century 1076:Berlioz and the Romantic Century 938:Berlioz and the Romantic Century 681:, and wrote the introduction to 438:Ambassador to the United Kingdom 306:Harrisburg Technical High School 145: 2356:Knights of the Legion of Honour 1693:. June 11, 1956. Archived from 1273:. University of Chicago Press. 810:'s Melville Cane Poetry Award. 592:Follett's Modern American Usage 455:on October 25, 2012, aged 104. 200:. The historical retrospective 1619:Directory of American Scholars 1180:. Artichokes Creative Studios. 1085:. University of Chicago Press. 921:. Reprint Liberty Fund, 1981. 912:Romanticism and the Modern Ego 859:(editor). Philolexian Society. 839:American Philosophical Society 795:. In 2003, he was awarded the 362:American Philosophical Society 206:(2000), widely considered his 1: 2451:LycĂ©e Janson-de-Sailly alumni 1398:List of American philosophers 1258:. New Directions Publishing. 1024:Classic, Romantic, and Modern 875:Race: A Study in Superstition 797:Presidential Medal of Freedom 783:In 1968, Barzun received the 308:in 1923 and then went off to 194:Presidential Medal of Freedom 1852:"Search the Edgars Database" 1178:Lincoln's Philosophic Vision 650:, which included stories by 360:in 1954 and a member of the 352:conducted Columbia's famous 2376:Columbia University faculty 2218:website, including tributes 1524:"Jacques Barzun, 1907–2012" 1219:A Stroll with William James 1004:Lincoln the Literary Genius 969:. Indiana University Press. 447:Barzun died at his home in 436:, and from 2013 to 2017 as 2477: 2371:Columbia University alumni 1975:, October 22, 2007, p. 103 1856:Mystery Writers of America 675:Mystery Writers of America 603:, 1975), on the crafts of 188:A professor of history at 39:With Light from a New Dawn 37:Painting of Barzun titled 2421:Philosophers of education 2346:American men centenarians 1343:). Wadsworth Publishing. 1017:The Delights of Detection 1009:The Saturday Evening Post 877:). Methuen & Co. Ltd. 824:National Humanities Medal 808:Poetry Society of America 648:The Delights of Detection 496:, remembering him in the 483:Thomas Babington Macaulay 434:U.S. Ambassador to Sweden 261:France, such as the poet 30: 2298:Jacques Barzun interview 2145:Trinity University Press 1723:San Antonio Express-News 1122:The Use and Abuse of Art 785:St. Louis Literary Award 385:Mid-Century Book Society 383:, and its successor the 326:Columbia Daily Spectator 249:French Ministry of Labor 179:philosopher of education 2431:Writers of style guides 2386:French men centenarians 1788:(subscription required) 1311:A Jacques Barzun Reader 1243:. Wesleyan University. 565:to modern methods, and 404:prominent Boston family 397:Charles Scribner's Sons 377:University of Cambridge 319:As an undergraduate at 2202:Aeschliman, Michael D. 2004:From Dawn to Decadence 1593:Columbia College Today 1548:Beers, Paul B (2011). 1287:From Dawn to Decadence 1236:. Wesleyan University. 989:The House of Intellect 967:Music in American Life 929:. Also published as: 866:. P.S. King & Son. 789:Saint Louis University 773:From Dawn to Decadence 719:From Dawn to Decadence 706: 703:From Dawn to Decadence 583:The House of Intellect 314:liberal arts education 312:, where he obtained a 302:LycĂ©e Janson-de-Sailly 198:French Legion of Honor 1941:William R. Everdell, 1924:Le Nouvel Observateur 1337:The Modern Researcher 1126:A. W. Mellon Lectures 701: 644:Baseball Hall of Fame 629:The Modern Researcher 263:Guillaume Apollinaire 141:Jacques Martin Barzun 51:Jacques Martin Barzun 2289:, Liberty Fund, 2000 2189:The American Scholar 1740:(October 25, 2012). 1664:search.amphilsoc.org 1660:"APS Member History" 1501:The Austin Chronicle 1393:Jacques Barzun Award 1332:). Hudson Institute. 1306:. Glimmerglass Opera 1107:Clio and the Doctors 1012:, February 14, 1959) 1006:(first published in 760:Why Trilling Matters 679:supernatural fiction 665:A Catalogue of Crime 416:Lucy Barzun Donnelly 414:. His granddaughter 345:. For years, he and 298:university education 127:Lucy Barzun Donnelly 2436:American historians 2381:Edgar Award winners 2351:Cultural historians 2262:Honour and Humanity 2185:"Endless Rewriting" 2152:Except When I Write 1991:Wall Street Journal 1949:by Jacques Barzun, 1890:, January 31, 1987. 1783:Wall Street Journal 1766:. October 26, 2012. 1764:The Daily Telegraph 1697:on January 27, 2008 1600:on October 31, 2012 1477:Wall Street Journal 1384:American philosophy 765:Wall Street Journal 499:Wall Street Journal 489:The Daily Telegraph 331:Philolexian Society 310:Columbia University 226:Henri-Martin Barzun 96:Columbia University 2232:Barzun on the West 2074:, October 22, 2007 2023:on August 23, 2016 1584:Thomas Vinciguerra 1054:What Man Has Built 1019:. Criterion Books. 919:Teacher in America 707: 579:Teacher in America 458:The New York Times 281:, and the writers 183:Teacher in America 2268:, August 14, 2010 2216:Barzun Centennial 2176:978-1-929490-41-7 2160:978-0-19-978240-6 2103:National Archives 1984:Barzun, Jacques. 1738:Rothstein, Edward 1586:(June 18, 2008). 1561:978-0-9839571-0-2 1528:The New Criterion 1349:978-0-495-31870-5 1319:978-0-06-093542-9 1297:978-0-06-092883-4 1227:978-0-226-03869-8 1041:. HarperCollins. 997:978-0-06-010230-2 905:978-1-4067-6178-8 705:by Jacques Barzun 656:Dorothy L. Sayers 636:detective fiction 601:Simple and Direct 535:detective fiction 373:Churchill College 283:Richard Aldington 245:Abbaye de CrĂ©teil 138: 137: 61:November 30, 1907 2468: 2456:Berlioz scholars 2164:Michael Murray, 2150:Arthur Krystal, 2129: 2128: 2126: 2124: 2113: 2107: 2106: 2100: 2098: 2081: 2075: 2066: 2060: 2059: 2057: 2055: 2050:on July 31, 2016 2046:. Archived from 2039: 2033: 2032: 2030: 2028: 2019:. 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