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That also fit the pattern for young ladies of Addams' class, generation, and training. If one did not marry and settle down to provide a haven of cultivation for husband and children, if one did not become a teacher, or — still better ...
That also fit the pattern for young ladies of Addams' class, generation, and training. If one did not marry and settle down to provide a haven of cultivation for husband and children, if one did not become a teacher, or — still better ...
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young a poet and illustrates well both the native talent he possessed and the degree to which it had already been disciplined. Its Federalist politics and Augustan style reveal the bent of mind and poetic taste of the young man, ...
young a poet and illustrates well both the native talent he possessed and the degree to which it had already been disciplined. Its Federalist politics and Augustan style reveal the bent of mind and poetic taste of the young man, ...
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The blow was a bitter one to the young girl, for just the month before. Great- grandmother Charleville had also died. In the wake of these losses, the twelve-year- old girl seems to have collapsed. Often she stayed home from school, ...
The blow was a bitter one to the young girl, for just the month before. Great- grandmother Charleville had also died. In the wake of these losses, the twelve-year- old girl seems to have collapsed. Often she stayed home from school, ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis supplement, the latest addition to the well-known "American Writers'' series, includes 29 authors. All except Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century orator and writer, are 20th-century poets ... Read full review
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| Title | American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier |
| Editor | Leonard Unger |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's sons, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0684157977, 9780684157979 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / American / General |
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