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 167
... hope of the future . America could serve that function only if it learned to avoid the mistakes of the past ; but since , in Bryant's view , those mistakes had derived from the passionate nature of man , it remained an open question ...
... hope of the future . America could serve that function only if it learned to avoid the mistakes of the past ; but since , in Bryant's view , those mistakes had derived from the passionate nature of man , it remained an open question ...
Page 344
... hope that Africa may still provide the sunrise for the rest of the black world . Seemingly contradictory , these two themes , the evils of the system and the hope of the future , recur in much of Hughes's work . Since Africa had long ...
... hope that Africa may still provide the sunrise for the rest of the black world . Seemingly contradictory , these two themes , the evils of the system and the hope of the future , recur in much of Hughes's work . Since Africa had long ...
Page 351
... hope of better days to come , " Some strip of sea - green dawn , some orange streaks . " Life everywhere is so dreary and so chilling that one lies " in chains , too weak to be afraid . " He concludes with a poignant plea for some ...
... hope of better days to come , " Some strip of sea - green dawn , some orange streaks . " Life everywhere is so dreary and so chilling that one lies " in chains , too weak to be afraid . " He concludes with a poignant plea for some ...
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