James Purdy

James Purdy was an American translator, poet, novelist, teacher, playwright and writer (1914–2009). He was born at Fremont and died at Englewood.

Also recorded as James Otis Purdy.

James Purdy in brief

Born
1914
Died
2009
Known for
translator,poet,novelist,teacher,playwright,writer
Place of birth
Fremont

Overview

Born at Fremont in 1914, died at Englewood in 2009.

Catalogued works

11 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1794 to 2016.

Gerṭrud mi-Śederat Sṭoni Ailand. Colour of darkness. Cabot Wright Begins. [Pike-Purdy], dated 1913-1922, held by Wellcome Collection. Feminist perspectives in medical ethics / edited by Helen Bequaert Holmes and Laura M. Purdy., dated [1992], held by Wellcome Collection. The twins who share a brain., dated 2010, held by Wellcome Collection. Genetics now : ethical issues in genetic research / edited by John J. Buckley, Jr., dated [1978], held by Wellcome Collection. Science and ethics : can science help us make wise moral judgments? / edited by Paul Kurtz with the assistance of David Koepsell., dated 2007, held by Wellcome Collection. Feminism & bioethics : beyond reproduction / edited by Susan M. Wolf., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries (chiefly 19th), dated 1794-1950, held by Wellcome Collection. Bioethics : an anthology / edited by Helga Kuhse, Udo Schüklenk, and Peter Singer., dated 2016, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

James Purdy Begins, James Purdy, 2023. ONE. James Purdy, Gay Fiction Speaks, 2001. James Purdy, 2022. Purdy, James Amos, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. An Oracle of Ashes: The Burial of James Purdy, European Journal of Life Writing, 2020. Heterosexual/Homosexual definitions and the homosexual narrative of James Purdy's "The Candles of Your Eyes", Journal of the Short Story in English, 2009. Literature and Daily Life: Looking for Love in All the Wrong (and Right) Places, ELOPE, 2005.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Out with the stars (1992) — Internet Archive. Moe's villa & other stories (2004) — Internet Archive. Cabot wright begins (1967) — Internet Archive. The candles of your eyes and thirteen other stories (1991) — Internet Archive. Eustace Chisholm and the Works. (1984) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

James Purdy studied at University of Chicago, Bowling Green State University and Findlay High School. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Lawrence University. Membership is recorded of PEN America.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.

Chronology

  1. 1913[Pike-Purdy] (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1914James Purdy born at Fremont.
  3. 1967Cabot wright begins digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1984Eustace Chisholm and the Works. digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1991The candles of your eyes and thirteen other stories digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1992Feminist perspectives in medical ethics / edited by Helen Bequaert Holmes and Laura M. Purdy. (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1992Out with the stars digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2004Moe's villa & other stories digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 2009James Purdy died at Englewood.
  10. 2010The twins who share a brain. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “James Purdy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    Consult the source
  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q984415: James Purdy

    Consult the source

Elsewhere in Books

13,301 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Read the complete books index

For owners

Own a work by James Purdy?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.

Within VALÉORINE