Barry Werth
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The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin – A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal
Barry Werth
In this provocative and unsettling look at the consequences of America’s puritanical “need to punish,” Barry Werth explores the tragic story of one of America’s great literary minds whose life and career were shattered by the “Pink Scare.”
Newton Arvin (1900-1963) was one of America’s most esteemed literary critics, admired by Edmund Wilson and Lillian Hellman, and mentor to Truman Capote. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and in 1951, won the National Book Award for his biography of Herman Melville. As a scholar and writer, Arvin focused on the…
