Milton R. Stern (August 22, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American professor of English and American literature, who specialized in studies of the works of Herman Melville and F. Scott Fitzgerald,[1][2][3][4] best known for his "landmark books" on Melville, Fitzgerald, and Hawthorne,[4] particularly The Fine Hammered Steel of Herman Melville, and also for editing the "pioneering" four-volume American Literature Survey for the Viking Portable Library.
[1][2] A member of New York University School of Professional Studies's administrative staff beginning in 1946, Stern served as an assistant dean at the adult education center in 1964.
He served as founding chairman of the Connecticut Humanities Council, dedicated to spreading literacy and culture to the state.
He wrote books of literary criticism, numerous articles, reviews, and co-edited an anthology of American literature.
[4] He also edited the "pioneering" four-volume American Literature Survey for the Viking Portable Library.