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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... called a " dread , chronic disease , the un- failing symptom of which is a kind of blind fever , a pounding in the skull and fire in the bowels . " His rage culminated in a violent con- frontation in a Jim Crow diner at Trenton in which ...
... called a " dread , chronic disease , the un- failing symptom of which is a kind of blind fever , a pounding in the skull and fire in the bowels . " His rage culminated in a violent con- frontation in a Jim Crow diner at Trenton in which ...
Page 158
... called upon to deliver memorial addresses for them : for Cole in 1848 , Cooper in 1852 , Irving in 1860 , Halleck in 1869 , and Verplanck in 1870 ; and he spoke on such occasions as the Burns centennial celebration in 1859 , the laying ...
... called upon to deliver memorial addresses for them : for Cole in 1848 , Cooper in 1852 , Irving in 1860 , Halleck in 1869 , and Verplanck in 1870 ; and he spoke on such occasions as the Burns centennial celebration in 1859 , the laying ...
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... called the Floride and saw the beauty of New York above me and knew the beauty of New York was part of all beauty and that I was part of all beauty being free . . . free , my first trip to what we then called " Europe " in 1911 , going ...
... called the Floride and saw the beauty of New York above me and knew the beauty of New York was part of all beauty and that I was part of all beauty being free . . . free , my first trip to what we then called " Europe " in 1911 , going ...
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