Paul Elmer More

Paul Elmer More (December 12, 1864 – March 9, 1937) was an American critic and essayist.

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December 12 - 1864 - March 9 - 1937 - American

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He was educated at Washington University, St. Louis and Harvard University. After a short career as an academic, he worked as a journalist on The Independent, the New York Evening Post and The Nation. He started on his Shelburne Essays in 1904; they were to run to 11 published volumes, drawing on his periodical writing, and were followed later by the New Shelburne Essays in three volumes from 1928. Greek Tradition was published in five volumes from 1924.

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Washington University, St. Louis - Harvard University - The Nation

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He collaborated with Irving Babbitt from before 1900 in the project later labelled New Humanism.

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Irving Babbitt - New Humanism

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