author
John Smith Harrison
b. 1877
An early-20th-century American scholar of English literature, he wrote studies on Emerson and on Platonic influence in English poetry. His work points to a writer deeply engaged with literary history and ideas.
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Platonism in English poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
by John Smith Harrison
About the author
Born in 1877, John Smith Harrison was an American author and literary scholar associated with the study of English literature. Catalog and reference sources link him to books including The Teachers of Emerson, Platonism in English Poetry of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, and The Vital Interpretation of English Literature.
The available sources suggest that his career combined scholarship, criticism, and teaching. One reference notes recognition from Columbia University for his service as a man of letters and teacher of English literature, which fits the academic tone and subjects of his published work.
Reliable biographical detail beyond his birth year is limited in the sources I could confirm here, so some parts of his life remain unclear. Even so, the record of his books shows a writer interested in how major ideas and traditions move through literature across centuries.