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 24
... less sharply delineated , less me- lodious , the prose less disciplined , the pace not so much leisurely as meandering . Addams still wrote in the major key , with here and there a minor chord : Even if we , the elderly , have nothing ...
... less sharply delineated , less me- lodious , the prose less disciplined , the pace not so much leisurely as meandering . Addams still wrote in the major key , with here and there a minor chord : Even if we , the elderly , have nothing ...
Page 32
... less creatively responsible to her own very real possessions - talent , energy , and intelligence . Alcott's literary work is a chronicle of growth and decline , and her books may be grouped into three more or less chronologically ...
... less creatively responsible to her own very real possessions - talent , energy , and intelligence . Alcott's literary work is a chronicle of growth and decline , and her books may be grouped into three more or less chronologically ...
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... less confined by traditional literary ele- ments and takes pride in experimental wordplay and improvisation . The use of these contempo- rary musical elements seems somewhat less sat- isfactory , however , than Hughes's earlier poems ...
... less confined by traditional literary ele- ments and takes pride in experimental wordplay and improvisation . The use of these contempo- rary musical elements seems somewhat less sat- isfactory , however , than Hughes's earlier poems ...
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