Cozzens, James Gould
Cozzens, James Gould
(kŭz`ənz), 1903–78, American novelist, b. Chicago. His novels usually concern upper-middle-class professional men who are faced with moral dilemmas that require compromising their ideals. All Cozzens's works are characterized by meticulous craftsmanship and an objective, almost clinical style. His novels include The Last Adam (1933), The Just and the Unjust (1942), Guard of Honor (1948; Pulitzer Prize), By Love Possessed (1957), and Morning, Noon, and Night (1968).Bibliography
See biography by M. J. Bruccoli (1981).
Cozzens, James Gould
Born Aug. 19, 1903, in Chicago. American author.
The heroes of Cozzens’ first novels, Confusion (1924) and Michael Scarlett (1925), are rebels defeated by the bourgeois world. The novel Cockpit (1928) describes an individualist who defends his rights with wolflike tenacity. Cozzens’ most successful novels are Guard of Honor (1948) and By Love Possessed (1957). The former describes the events of World War II (1939–45).
WORKS
Children and Others. New York, 1964.Morning, Noon, and Night. New York, 1968.
REFERENCES
Bracher, F. The Novels of James Gould Cozzens. New York, 1959.Maxwell, D. E. S. Cozzens. Edinburgh-London, 1964.