American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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... Chopin 1851-1904. KATE ATE CHOPIN published her first short story in December 1889 - her first collection of short stories , Bayou Folk , in 1894. Initially , her work received high praise : " A writer needs only the art to let these ...
... Chopin 1851-1904. KATE ATE CHOPIN published her first short story in December 1889 - her first collection of short stories , Bayou Folk , in 1894. Initially , her work received high praise : " A writer needs only the art to let these ...
Page 211
... Chopin's work was unlike that of " other " local colorists : " Her art was not retrospective , and she was no an- tiquarian . She never emphasized back- ground and manners for their own sake . " We might go even further . The Cane River ...
... Chopin's work was unlike that of " other " local colorists : " Her art was not retrospective , and she was no an- tiquarian . She never emphasized back- ground and manners for their own sake . " We might go even further . The Cane River ...
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... Chopin's manuscript had nothing whatsoever to do with the upheaval that had followed the publication of The Awaken- ing ; but Chopin did not know these facts , and the rebuff was a staggering blow to her self - esteem . She wrote only ...
... Chopin's manuscript had nothing whatsoever to do with the upheaval that had followed the publication of The Awaken- ing ; but Chopin did not know these facts , and the rebuff was a staggering blow to her self - esteem . She wrote only ...
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