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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... learned from her father , John Huy Addams , the principles that underlay village democracy in the mid - nineteenth century — or at least those ideals that informed a prospering and solid entrepre- neurial and professional class - hard ...
... learned from her father , John Huy Addams , the principles that underlay village democracy in the mid - nineteenth century — or at least those ideals that informed a prospering and solid entrepre- neurial and professional class - hard ...
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... learned , is no simple task . Each of Brown's major literary works represented another stage in his continual effort to modify and alter his fic- tional designs in order to win a popular audience while pleasing his demanding ...
... learned , is no simple task . Each of Brown's major literary works represented another stage in his continual effort to modify and alter his fic- tional designs in order to win a popular audience while pleasing his demanding ...
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... learned a great deal from seeing her work in cold type . And then , perhaps most important of all , there was the matter of expanding her reputa- tion . Chopin was beginning to be ambitious for her fictions : she yearned after a ...
... learned a great deal from seeing her work in cold type . And then , perhaps most important of all , there was the matter of expanding her reputa- tion . Chopin was beginning to be ambitious for her fictions : she yearned after a ...
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