Irvin Ehrenpreis | |
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| Born | June 9, 1920  New York City |
| Died | July 3, 1985 (aged 65) Münster |
| Education | City College of New York (AB, 1938) Columbia University (MA, 1939; PhD, 1944) |
| Employer | Indiana University Bloomington (1945–1965) University of Virginia (1965–1985) |
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Irvin Ehrenpreis (June 9, 1920 – July 3, 1985) was an American literary scholar. From 1975 to 1985, he was the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English Literature at the University of Virginia. Ehrenpreis was considered an expert on Jonathan Swift and also wrote on contemporary American literature.