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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Page 138
... Mervyn , who has many things in common with Carwin and Ormond . Like them , he is a young man cast on his own in a chaotic , rapacious world in which he must use all his skills to survive . De- spite Mervyn's protests of his sincerity ...
... Mervyn , who has many things in common with Carwin and Ormond . Like them , he is a young man cast on his own in a chaotic , rapacious world in which he must use all his skills to survive . De- spite Mervyn's protests of his sincerity ...
Page 139
... Mervyn , " My virtuous theories and comprehensive erudition would not have saved me from the basest of crimes . " Befriended by an American who brought him from England , Welbeck proceeded to ruin the man's married sister . With a ...
... Mervyn , " My virtuous theories and comprehensive erudition would not have saved me from the basest of crimes . " Befriended by an American who brought him from England , Welbeck proceeded to ruin the man's married sister . With a ...
Page 140
... Mervyn moral- izing over him as he breathes his last in debtor's prison . Brown even balances the theme of the city versus the country by showing the darker side of rural life . Most interesting of all the shifts in the second part ...
... Mervyn moral- izing over him as he breathes his last in debtor's prison . Brown even balances the theme of the city versus the country by showing the darker side of rural life . Most interesting of all the shifts in the second part ...
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