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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... hero was ) . Indeed he is to be sharply distinguished from the hero , for he comes to balance the hero's deficiencies , to correct his stance . We gen- erally , though unfelicitously , call this man the " code hero❞ — this because he ...
... hero was ) . Indeed he is to be sharply distinguished from the hero , for he comes to balance the hero's deficiencies , to correct his stance . We gen- erally , though unfelicitously , call this man the " code hero❞ — this because he ...
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... hero is still the wounded man , and new inci- dents from his past are supplied to explain why this is so ; two of ... hero again , this time called Richard Cantwell , and he has all the old scars , including the specific ones he re ...
... hero is still the wounded man , and new inci- dents from his past are supplied to explain why this is so ; two of ... hero again , this time called Richard Cantwell , and he has all the old scars , including the specific ones he re ...
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... hero for foreign lands . Huck and Nick are very nearly twins . Two of our most prominent heroes , Huck and the Hemingway hero , are casualties whom the " knowledge of evil , " which Americans are commonly said to lack , has made sick ...
... hero for foreign lands . Huck and Nick are very nearly twins . Two of our most prominent heroes , Huck and the Hemingway hero , are casualties whom the " knowledge of evil , " which Americans are commonly said to lack , has made sick ...
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