American Writers: A Collection of Literary BiographiesLeonard Unger, A. Walton Litz, Molly Weigel, Lea Bechler, Jay Parini Scribner, 1974 - American literature The four volume set consists of ninety-seven of the pamphlets originally published as the University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers. Some have been revised and updated. |
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... fiction , he wrote , having " the pressure of reality , " the authority of per- sonal experience he found in Anderson's Tar . Also by 1930 he had a bulky stack of manu- script tales and was well into Studs Lonigan . As early as 1928 ...
... fiction , he wrote , having " the pressure of reality , " the authority of per- sonal experience he found in Anderson's Tar . Also by 1930 he had a bulky stack of manu- script tales and was well into Studs Lonigan . As early as 1928 ...
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... fiction led her inevitably to explore the possibilities for an ordered present which Christianity extends to the believer . She has even been able to trace analogies between the writing of fiction and the practice of religion : both ...
... fiction led her inevitably to explore the possibilities for an ordered present which Christianity extends to the believer . She has even been able to trace analogies between the writing of fiction and the practice of religion : both ...
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... fiction to his critical theory , one may observe that interpretation of his fiction is further advanced than elucida- tion of his critical principles or his practical criticism in their full range . Three reasons for this condition may ...
... fiction to his critical theory , one may observe that interpretation of his fiction is further advanced than elucida- tion of his critical principles or his practical criticism in their full range . Three reasons for this condition may ...
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