Talk:Irving Howe

Change of name comment

Does one really need to explain, publicly or otherwise, why one might want to change one's name from Horenstein???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.248.162 (talk) 01:20, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Styling of titles of works

His works are listed with capitalization patterns more European than American. Is this his preference, how he refered to his works? 75.252.26.1 (talk) 00:51, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

I’m surprised no one has commented on this since 2011. The capitalization is very irregular. It is the sentence-style capitalization specified by APA guidelines specifically for use references, but not in the main body of the work. This doesn’t seem to me to be appropriate for a list of works contained in the main body of the article. I’m going to make the formatting of his works a chore of mine, unless anyone speaks up to protest this. Neighborhood Nationalist (talk) 01:40, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Was being Jewish part of the subject's notability?

If not, I would remove ethnicity from the lede per MOS. --Malerooster (talk) 21:54, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

I see the obvious connection, but was wondering if it rose to the level worthy of inclusion in the lede sentence. Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 21:59, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, he wrote an award winning book, "World of Our Fathers", about the experiences of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe in New York City in the early 20th Century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.54.132.58 (talk) 04:41, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Howe wrote several books about the experience of American and immigrant Jews, an example of which is his edited work, Jewish American Stories, so indeed his ethnicity has played a role in his notability. Neighborhood Nationalist (talk) 01:30, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Princeton?

Howe's son was born in Princeton. That implies that Howe lived and worked there, but there's nothing the article about that; in fact his academic career seems to get short shrift. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.54.132.58 (talk) 04:43, 27 July 2018 (UTC)