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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... later , eager for companionship and filled with dreams , he moved with his grand- mother , his Uncle Tom , and his Aunt Ella into the middle - class neighborhood , immediately west of Washington Park , that was made fa- mous in Studs ...
... later , eager for companionship and filled with dreams , he moved with his grand- mother , his Uncle Tom , and his Aunt Ella into the middle - class neighborhood , immediately west of Washington Park , that was made fa- mous in Studs ...
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... later time . What Fitzgerald is really showing is how a young American of his generation discovers what sort of figure he wants to cut , what modes of conduct , gotten out of books as well as out of a keen sense of his con- temporaries ...
... later time . What Fitzgerald is really showing is how a young American of his generation discovers what sort of figure he wants to cut , what modes of conduct , gotten out of books as well as out of a keen sense of his con- temporaries ...
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... later analogue for Heracles , toward whom Miss Gordon is admiring and reverent . The relationship between Greek and ... later , in her teens , did she regularly attend public schools . In 1916 she graduated from Bethany College , which ...
... later analogue for Heracles , toward whom Miss Gordon is admiring and reverent . The relationship between Greek and ... later , in her teens , did she regularly attend public schools . In 1916 she graduated from Bethany College , which ...
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