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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... society , with the Dryfoos daughters , Christine and Mela , whose aim is to break into society under the guidance of the well - paid Mrs. Mandel . The elegant but unsure Beaton wavers in the middle , courting independent Alma Leighton ...
... society , with the Dryfoos daughters , Christine and Mela , whose aim is to break into society under the guidance of the well - paid Mrs. Mandel . The elegant but unsure Beaton wavers in the middle , courting independent Alma Leighton ...
Page 474
... society and sociology he cannot be successful in his hostile aloofness . . . . he acts like an irritant in the social body . " This seems to be hindsight . Wolf Larsen had to be disposed of because of the new turn the book had taken ...
... society and sociology he cannot be successful in his hostile aloofness . . . . he acts like an irritant in the social body . " This seems to be hindsight . Wolf Larsen had to be disposed of because of the new turn the book had taken ...
Page 553
... society , and the individual . Active in civil - rights and antiwar protests , he refused an invitation from Presi- dent Johnson in 1965 to appear at a White House arts festival , since " every serious artist knows that he cannot enjoy ...
... society , and the individual . Active in civil - rights and antiwar protests , he refused an invitation from Presi- dent Johnson in 1965 to appear at a White House arts festival , since " every serious artist knows that he cannot enjoy ...
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