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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... stories eventually reach to New York , Paris , and Europe at large . Their relentless pursuit of a fallible humanity ... short story , " the artifice of an intentionally primitive method . Not surprisingly his tales have been profoundly ...
... stories eventually reach to New York , Paris , and Europe at large . Their relentless pursuit of a fallible humanity ... short story , " the artifice of an intentionally primitive method . Not surprisingly his tales have been profoundly ...
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... SHORT STORIES AND NOVELLAS Calico Shoes and Other Stories . New York : Van- guard Press , 1934 . Guillotine Party and Other Stories . New York : Vanguard Press , 1935 . Can All This Grandeur Perish ? and Other Stories . New York ...
... SHORT STORIES AND NOVELLAS Calico Shoes and Other Stories . New York : Van- guard Press , 1934 . Guillotine Party and Other Stories . New York : Vanguard Press , 1935 . Can All This Grandeur Perish ? and Other Stories . New York ...
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... stories . Also he became self - consciously didactic . Social problems invite solutions , and as an eminent writer ... short story or the novel . The contrasting conventions almost cancel each other out . In 1950 Faulkner published Collected ...
... stories . Also he became self - consciously didactic . Social problems invite solutions , and as an eminent writer ... short story or the novel . The contrasting conventions almost cancel each other out . In 1950 Faulkner published Collected ...
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