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Spingarn

[ spin-gahrn ]

/ ˈspɪn gɑrn /

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noun

Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.

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How to use Spingarn in a sentence

For his general achievement in music he was, in 1917, awarded the Spingarn Medal.
The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States|Benjamin Brawley
These are only a few examples typical of the general tendency which Spingarn has so thoroughly studied.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark
The same definition, derived as Spingarn has shown from the same sources, was formulated by Varchi.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark
Spingarn calls attention to a similar distinction in the Lezione of Benedetto Varchi.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark

Mr. Spingarn never realized what forces he would set in motion by mere presentation of this proposition.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights|Kelly Miller