The Boston Globe, June 6th, 1998
NEW YORK -- Alfred Kazin, a cultural historian and critic who influenced generations of thinkers through his essays, reviews and books such as "On Native Grounds," died yesterday of prostate cancer on his 83d birthday. Mr. Kazin tackled literary history, philosophy, and other cultural concerns in more than a dozen books. "Alfred was a kind of a dinosaur, but a giant -- the last great literary man of a generation that cared more for literature than money or celebrity," said his friend, Eric Alterman. Among Mr. Kazin's most acclaimed works was the 1942 book "On Native Grounds," his history of Am...
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