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 146
... important political pamphlets that attracted more public attention than anything he had pre- viously written . In An Address to the Govern- ment of the United States on the Cession of Louisiana to the French , Brown attacked the policy ...
... important political pamphlets that attracted more public attention than anything he had pre- viously written . In An Address to the Govern- ment of the United States on the Cession of Louisiana to the French , Brown attacked the policy ...
Page 158
... important daily kept Bryant much in the public eye and , espe- cially in his later years , he was frequently asked to deliver speeches on public occasions of both literary and civic importance . As well - known members of his generation ...
... important daily kept Bryant much in the public eye and , espe- cially in his later years , he was frequently asked to deliver speeches on public occasions of both literary and civic importance . As well - known members of his generation ...
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... importance , a classic of American literature , as D. H. Lawrence rightly called it . It is important in its own right . It is important because it contains in embryo many of the central themes of later American literature . And it is ...
... importance , a classic of American literature , as D. H. Lawrence rightly called it . It is important in its own right . It is important because it contains in embryo many of the central themes of later American literature . And it is ...
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