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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... wanted to clarify . " His noun had to wait for its verb or its adjective until he was ready ; then his speech would come down upon the word he wanted . . . " as his biographer James Cabot commented . He never spoke impromp- tu ; indeed ...
... wanted to clarify . " His noun had to wait for its verb or its adjective until he was ready ; then his speech would come down upon the word he wanted . . . " as his biographer James Cabot commented . He never spoke impromp- tu ; indeed ...
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... wanted to explore the in- teraction of character and culture in his own middle - class neighborhood . He had come to think of human personality as both social product and social cause . Studs and his friends constantly absorb - and then ...
... wanted to explore the in- teraction of character and culture in his own middle - class neighborhood . He had come to think of human personality as both social product and social cause . Studs and his friends constantly absorb - and then ...
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... wanted to be a playwright . The disease had in- fected him since childhood , when he and his family staged little theatricals for the benefit of the servants . In the early twenties , Lardner collaborated with Gene Buck on a show for ...
... wanted to be a playwright . The disease had in- fected him since childhood , when he and his family staged little theatricals for the benefit of the servants . In the early twenties , Lardner collaborated with Gene Buck on a show for ...
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