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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... novel , the romance , and the romanticistic novel . The novel , which comes from the sin- cere endeavor " to picture life just as it is , " deals with character and incidents that " grow out of character . " It is the " supreme form ...
... novel , the romance , and the romanticistic novel . The novel , which comes from the sin- cere endeavor " to picture life just as it is , " deals with character and incidents that " grow out of character . " It is the " supreme form ...
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... Novel . Boston : Os- good , 1881 . A Modern Instance , a Novel . Boston : Osgood , 1882. IE , 1973 . A Woman's Reason , a Novel . Boston : Osgood , 1883 . The Rise of Silas Lapham . Boston : Ticknor , 1885 . IE , Walter J. Meserve ...
... Novel . Boston : Os- good , 1881 . A Modern Instance , a Novel . Boston : Osgood , 1882. IE , 1973 . A Woman's Reason , a Novel . Boston : Osgood , 1883 . The Rise of Silas Lapham . Boston : Ticknor , 1885 . IE , Walter J. Meserve ...
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... novel . Bethel Merriday ( 1940 ) is a novel about a young actress . Less embarrassing than The Prodigal Parents , it is hardly more important as fiction . Through the education of his young heroine in summer stock and touring com ...
... novel . Bethel Merriday ( 1940 ) is a novel about a young actress . Less embarrassing than The Prodigal Parents , it is hardly more important as fiction . Through the education of his young heroine in summer stock and touring com ...
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