Clifton Fadiman

Table of Contents

Introduction Quotes References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Videos

Analyze short fiction elements evidenced in “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Necklace,” and “The Magic Shop”

Listen to Clifton Fadiman discussing the publication of Frank Stockton's short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Explore Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story “Dr. Heidegger's Experiment” with Clifton Fadiman

Explore the use of music, theme and variations, and condensed words in Thornton Wilder's Our Town

Listen to an analysis of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town

Explore essential elements of the novel with Clifton Fadiman and actors

Explore English novelist Charles Dickens's early Victorian era and literature with Clifton Fadiman

Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman

How humans search for the meaning of life

Read Next

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

Close up of a stack of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

List of Lists: 6 Extremely Random Historical Catalogs

9 American Countercultural Books

Discover

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.

What Is the Emoluments Clause?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

Holi: Festival of Colors

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in 2019. (Meghan Markle, British royalty)

6 Things You Should Know About Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Clifton Fadiman: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Clifton Paul Fadiman • Kip Fadiman
Born	May 15, 1904 • New York City • New York
Died	June 20, 1999 (aged 95) • Sanibel Island • Florida

Videos

See All Videos →

Ezra Pound

American poet

Studs Terkel

American author and oral historian

Kate Smith

American singer

Tavis Smiley

American talk show host, journalist, and political commentator

Amy Goodman

American journalist, columnist, and author

Garrison Keillor

American entertainer and writer

Franklin Henry Hooper

American editor

John V. Dodge

American editor

Hugh Chisholm

British editor

Thomas Spencer Baynes

British scholar and editor

Jim Backus

American actor

Carl Hiaasen

American journalist and novelist

Langston Hughes

American poet

Terry McMillan

American author

William Benton

United States senator and publisher

David Remnick

American journalist

John Updike

American author

Jill Abramson

American journalist

Wallace Shawn

American playwright and actor

Mortimer J. Adler

American philosopher and educator

Clifton Fadiman: Facts & Related Content

Facts

Videos

Related Biographies