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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... tion with the immediacy of their references to daily life . How shall I live ? With fate ; that is , with the limitations of my inheritance and the nat- ural world . With power , my abilities and en- ergies . With wealth , my gains or ...
... tion with the immediacy of their references to daily life . How shall I live ? With fate ; that is , with the limitations of my inheritance and the nat- ural world . With power , my abilities and en- ergies . With wealth , my gains or ...
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... tion . One further experiment , unsuccessful but suggestive of the direction which his later fic- tion would take , is the frankly Hawthornesque " The Song of the Swamp - Robin " ( 1891 ) . Though Frederic misunderstood Hawthorne's ...
... tion . One further experiment , unsuccessful but suggestive of the direction which his later fic- tion would take , is the frankly Hawthornesque " The Song of the Swamp - Robin " ( 1891 ) . Though Frederic misunderstood Hawthorne's ...
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... tion , wassailing in the skull of a dying man who half sobbed under his breath and was quick with the wild flutter of fading heart - beats " ) , which he refuses to sully by publication . He begs Martin to give up his quest for wealth ...
... tion , wassailing in the skull of a dying man who half sobbed under his breath and was quick with the wild flutter of fading heart - beats " ) , which he refuses to sully by publication . He begs Martin to give up his quest for wealth ...
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