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{{Short description|American professor of English and pioneer of pop culture studies}}
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| name = Russel Blaine Nye
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|2|17}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|2|17}}
| birth_place = [[Viola, Wisconsin]]
| birth_place = [[Viola, Wisconsin]], US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|9|2|1913|2|17}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|9|2|1913|2|17}}
| death_place = [[Lansing, Michigan]]
| death_place = [[Lansing, Michigan]], US
| nationality = American
| fields = [[culture of England|English]] and [[American Culture]]
| fields = [[culture of England|English]] and [[American Culture]]
| workplaces = [[Michigan State University]]
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'''Russel Blaine Nye''' (February 17, 1913 – September 2, 1993<ref name=SSDI>{{cite web|title=Russel B Nye|url=http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=84333408|work=Social Security Death Index|publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society|accessdate=June 24, 2011}}</ref>) was an [[United States|American]] professor of English who in the 1960s pioneered [[popular culture studies|Popular Culture Theory]]. He is the author of a dozen books. His book ''George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel'' won the 1945 [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography]].
'''Russel Blaine Nye''' (February 17, 1913 – September 2, 1993) was an American professor of English who in the 1960s pioneered [[popular culture studies]].<ref name=SSDI>{{cite web|title=Russel B Nye|url=http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=84333408|work=Social Security Death Index|publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society|accessdate=June 24, 2011}}</ref> He was the author of a dozen books, including ''George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel'' which won the 1945 [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography]].


Born in [[Viola, Wisconsin]], Nye received his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Oberlin College]] in 1934 and his master's degree from the [[University of Wisconsin]] in English the following year. In 1938 he married Kathryn Chaney, and in 1940 he completed his doctorate on [[George Bancroft]] again at the [[University of Wisconsin]].<ref>"Russel B(laine) Nye - 1913-1993" ''Contemporary Authors'' Gale</ref> Nye taught in the English department at [[Michigan State University]] from 1941 to 1979.
Born in [[Viola, Wisconsin]], Nye received his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Oberlin College]] in 1934 and his master's degree from the [[University of Wisconsin]] in English the following year. In 1938 he married Kathryn Chaney, and in 1940 he completed his doctorate on [[George Bancroft]] again at the [[University of Wisconsin]].<ref>"Russel B(laine) Nye - 1913-1993" ''Contemporary Authors'' Gale</ref> Nye taught in the English department at [[Michigan State University]] from 1941 to 1979.<ref>Waldmeir, Joseph, ''Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye'' (East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 1978), vii.</ref>


In 1957 after the director of the [[Detroit Public Library]] claimed that [[Frank L. Baum]]'s novel ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]'' had no value and shouldn't be stocked by libraries, Nye and [[Martin Gardner]] published a new critical edition of the novel bringing out its value, causing a firestorm of controversy, followed by eventual acceptance.
In 1957 after [[Ralph Ulveling]], the director of the [[Detroit Public Library]], claimed that [[L. Frank Baum]]'s novel ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' had no value and should not be stocked by libraries, Nye and [[Martin Gardner]] published a new critical edition of the novel highlighting its value, causing a firestorm of controversy, followed by eventual acceptance.


In 1970 he co-founded the [[Popular Culture Association]] with [[Ray B. Browne]] and [[Marshall Fishwick]], working to shape a new academic discipline called [[popular culture studies|Popular Culture Theory]] that blurred the traditional distinctions between high and low culture, focusing on mass culture mediums like television and the Internet, and cultural archetypes like [[comic book]] heroes.
In 1970 he co-founded the Popular Culture Association with [[Ray B. Browne]] and [[Marshall Fishwick]], working to shape a new academic discipline called [[popular culture studies|Popular Culture Theory]] that blurred the traditional distinctions between high and low culture, focusing on mass culture mediums like television and the Internet, and cultural archetypes like [[comic book]] heroes.


He died in [[Lansing, Michigan]] in 1993.
He died in [[Lansing, Michigan]] in 1993.
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==Works==
==Works==
* Russel B. Nye, ''The Mind and Art of George Bancroft'' (1939)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jSVNAAAAMAAJ|title = The mind and art of George Bancroft|last = Nye|first = Russel Blaine|date = 1939-01-01|publisher = University of Wisconsin--Madison|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''The Mind and Art of George Bancroft'' (1939)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jSVNAAAAMAAJ|title = The mind and art of George Bancroft|last = Nye|first = Russel Blaine|date = 1939-01-01|publisher = University of Wisconsin--Madison|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel'' (1944)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9r4qAAAAYAAJ|title = George Bancroft, Brahmin Rebel|last = Nye|first = Russel Blaine|date = 1972-01-01|publisher = Octagon Books|isbn = 9780374961336|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel'' (1944)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://archive.org/details/georgebancroftbr0000nyer|url-access = registration|title = George Bancroft, Brahmin Rebel|last = Nye|first = Russel Blaine|date = 1972-01-01|publisher = Octagon Books|isbn = 9780374961336|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Slavery Controversy 1830-1860'' (1948) Michigan State University Press
* Russel B. Nye, ''Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Slavery Controversy 1830-1860'' (1948) Michigan State University Press
* Russel B. Nye and [[Jack Eric Morpurgo]], ''A History of the United States. Volume Two: The Growth of the U.S.A.'' (1955; Third Edition 1970) Penguin Books
* Russel B. Nye and Jack Eric Morpurgo, ''A History of the United States. Volume One: The Birth of the U.S.A.'' (1955)
* Russel B. Nye and [[Martin Gardner]], ''The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was'' (1957)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v5oiAQAAIAAJ|title = The Wizard of Oz and who he was|last = Baum|first = Lyman Frank|last2 = Gardner|first2 = Martin|last3 = Nye|first3 = Russel Blaine|date = 1994-12-01|publisher = Michigan State University Press|isbn = 9780870133664|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye and Jack Eric Morpurgo, ''A History of the United States. Volume Two: The Growth of the U.S.A.'' (1955; Third Edition 1970) Penguin Books
* Russel B. Nye and [[Martin Gardner]], ''The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was'' (1957)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v5oiAQAAIAAJ|title = The Wizard of Oz and who he was|last1 = Baum|first1 = Lyman Frank|last2 = Gardner|first2 = Martin|last3 = Nye|first3 = Russel Blaine|date = 1994-12-01|publisher = Michigan State University Press|isbn = 9780870133664|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''The cultural life of the new Nation, 1776-1830'' (1960) New York: Harper
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* Russel B. Nye and [[Ray Broadus Browne]], ''Crises on Campus'' (1971)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ram0AAAAIAAJ|title = Crises on campus|last = Nye|first = Russel B.|last2 = Browne|first2 = Ray Broadus|date = 1971-01-01|publisher = Bowling Green University Press|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''This almost chosen people; essays in the history of American ideas'' (1966) Michigan State University Press
* Russel B. Nye and Arra M. Garab, ''Modern Essays'' (1971)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9alfnQEACAAJ|title = Modern Essays|last = Nye|first = Russel B.|last2 = Garab|first2 = Arra M.|date = 1971-01-01|publisher = Scott, Forsman and Company|language = en}}</ref>
* Harold E. Hinds et al. (eds.), ''Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction'', 2006<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r1DFqJaoEhIC|title = Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction|last = Hinds|first = Harold E.|last2 = Motz|first2 = Marilyn Ferris|last3 = Nelson|first3 = Angela M. S.|date = 2006-01-01|publisher = Popular Press|isbn = 9780879728717|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye and [[Ray B. Browne]], ''Crises on Campus'' (1971)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ram0AAAAIAAJ|title = Crises on campus|last1 = Nye|first1 = Russel B.|last2 = Browne|first2 = Ray Broadus|date = 1971-01-01|publisher = Bowling Green University Press|isbn = 9780879720612|language = en}}</ref>
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* Russel B. Nye and Arra M. Garab, ''Modern Essays'' (1971)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9alfnQEACAAJ|title = Modern Essays|last1 = Nye|first1 = Russel B.|last2 = Garab|first2 = Arra M.|date = 1971-01-01|publisher = Scott, Forsman and Company|language = en}}</ref>
* Russel B. Nye, ''Society and culture in America, 1830-1860'' (1974) New York: Harper
* Russel B. Nye, ''History, Meaning and Method'' (1975)
* Joseph G. Waldmeir, ''Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye'' (1978)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WiOxAAAAIAAJ|title = Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye|last = Waldmeir|first = Joseph J.|date = 1978-01-01|publisher = Michigan State University Press|isbn = 9780870132094|language = en}}</ref>
* Joseph G. Waldmeir, ''Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye'' (1978)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WiOxAAAAIAAJ|title = Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye|last = Waldmeir|first = Joseph J.|date = 1978-01-01|publisher = Michigan State University Press|isbn = 9780870132094|language = en}}</ref>
* Harold E. Hinds et al. (eds.), ''Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r1DFqJaoEhIC|title = Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction|last1 = Hinds|first1 = Harold E.|last2 = Motz|first2 = Marilyn Ferris|last3 = Nelson|first3 = Angela M. S.|date = 2006-01-01|publisher = Popular Press|isbn = 9780879728717|language = en}}</ref>


==Notes==
==References==
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== Sources==
== Sources==
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1DF103FF936A3575AC0A965958260 "Russel Nye, Historian, Dies at 80; A Student of Comics, Jazz and TV"] ''New York Times'', September 5, 1993
* "Russel Nye, Historian, Dies at 80; A Student of Comics, Jazz and TV" ''New York Times'', September 5, 1993
* Herder, Dale (1994) [https://www.msu.edu/unit/msuaa/magazine/w94/tribute.htm "A Tribute to Russel B. Nye 1913 -- 1993"] ''MSU Alumni Magazine'', Winter 1994
* Herder, Dale (1994) "A Tribute to Russel B. Nye 1913 -- 1993"] ''MSU Alumni Magazine'', Winter 1994
* Brief Biography on the Wisconsin Library Association's web site [http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/readers/WLAC/Notable/Notable2007.htm#Nye]
* Brief Biography on the Wisconsin Library Association's web site [http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/readers/WLAC/Notable/Notable2007.htm#Nye]
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 September 2024

Russel Blaine Nye
Born(1913-02-17)February 17, 1913
Viola, Wisconsin, US
DiedSeptember 2, 1993(1993-09-02) (aged 80)
Lansing, Michigan, US
Alma materOberlin College
University of Wisconsin
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1945)
Scientific career
FieldsEnglish and American Culture
InstitutionsMichigan State University

Russel Blaine Nye (February 17, 1913 – September 2, 1993) was an American professor of English who in the 1960s pioneered popular culture studies.[1] He was the author of a dozen books, including George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel which won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Nye received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1934 and his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in English the following year. In 1938 he married Kathryn Chaney, and in 1940 he completed his doctorate on George Bancroft again at the University of Wisconsin.[2] Nye taught in the English department at Michigan State University from 1941 to 1979.[3]

In 1957 after Ralph Ulveling, the director of the Detroit Public Library, claimed that L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had no value and should not be stocked by libraries, Nye and Martin Gardner published a new critical edition of the novel highlighting its value, causing a firestorm of controversy, followed by eventual acceptance.

In 1970 he co-founded the Popular Culture Association with Ray B. Browne and Marshall Fishwick, working to shape a new academic discipline called Popular Culture Theory that blurred the traditional distinctions between high and low culture, focusing on mass culture mediums like television and the Internet, and cultural archetypes like comic book heroes.

He died in Lansing, Michigan in 1993.

Works

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  • Russel B. Nye, The Mind and Art of George Bancroft (1939)[4]
  • Russel B. Nye, George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel (1944)[5]
  • Russel B. Nye, Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Slavery Controversy 1830-1860 (1948) Michigan State University Press
  • Russel B. Nye and Jack Eric Morpurgo, A History of the United States. Volume One: The Birth of the U.S.A. (1955)
  • Russel B. Nye and Jack Eric Morpurgo, A History of the United States. Volume Two: The Growth of the U.S.A. (1955; Third Edition 1970) Penguin Books
  • Russel B. Nye and Martin Gardner, The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was (1957)[6]
  • Russel B. Nye, The cultural life of the new Nation, 1776-1830 (1960) New York: Harper
  • Russel B. Nye, This almost chosen people; essays in the history of American ideas (1966) Michigan State University Press
  • Russel B. Nye and Ray B. Browne, Crises on Campus (1971)[7]
  • Russel B. Nye and Arra M. Garab, Modern Essays (1971)[8]
  • Russel B. Nye, Society and culture in America, 1830-1860 (1974) New York: Harper
  • Russel B. Nye, History, Meaning and Method (1975)
  • Joseph G. Waldmeir, Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye (1978)[9]
  • Harold E. Hinds et al. (eds.), Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction (2006)[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Russel B Nye". Social Security Death Index. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "Russel B(laine) Nye - 1913-1993" Contemporary Authors Gale
  3. ^ Waldmeir, Joseph, Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye (East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 1978), vii.
  4. ^ Nye, Russel Blaine (1939-01-01). The mind and art of George Bancroft. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
  5. ^ Nye, Russel Blaine (1972-01-01). George Bancroft, Brahmin Rebel. Octagon Books. ISBN 9780374961336.
  6. ^ Baum, Lyman Frank; Gardner, Martin; Nye, Russel Blaine (1994-12-01). The Wizard of Oz and who he was. Michigan State University Press. ISBN 9780870133664.
  7. ^ Nye, Russel B.; Browne, Ray Broadus (1971-01-01). Crises on campus. Bowling Green University Press. ISBN 9780879720612.
  8. ^ Nye, Russel B.; Garab, Arra M. (1971-01-01). Modern Essays. Scott, Forsman and Company.
  9. ^ Waldmeir, Joseph J. (1978-01-01). Essays in Honor of Russel B. Nye. Michigan State University Press. ISBN 9780870132094.
  10. ^ Hinds, Harold E.; Motz, Marilyn Ferris; Nelson, Angela M. S. (2006-01-01). Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction. Popular Press. ISBN 9780879728717.

Sources

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  • "Russel Nye, Historian, Dies at 80; A Student of Comics, Jazz and TV" New York Times, September 5, 1993
  • Herder, Dale (1994) "A Tribute to Russel B. Nye 1913 -- 1993"] MSU Alumni Magazine, Winter 1994
  • Brief Biography on the Wisconsin Library Association's web site [1]


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