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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... marry Helena when she has become interested in him herself . Yet , it also may provide grounds for viewing ... married a political enthusi- ast " who esteemed nothing more graceful or glorious than to die for the liberties of ...
... marry Helena when she has become interested in him herself . Yet , it also may provide grounds for viewing ... married a political enthusi- ast " who esteemed nothing more graceful or glorious than to die for the liberties of ...
Page 146
... married to Eliz- abeth Linn . His parents refused to attend the Presbyterian wedding , and shortly thereafter he was quietly excommunicated from his Quaker meeting in Philadelphia . In the six years of marriage that followed , Brown was ...
... married to Eliz- abeth Linn . His parents refused to attend the Presbyterian wedding , and shortly thereafter he was quietly excommunicated from his Quaker meeting in Philadelphia . In the six years of marriage that followed , Brown was ...
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... married to a staid and rather insensitive Creole businessman , Léonce Pontellier ; and the mother of two small children . Born in Kentucky and reared a Presbyterian , she is alien to this tropical world where she is the only Northerner ...
... married to a staid and rather insensitive Creole businessman , Léonce Pontellier ; and the mother of two small children . Born in Kentucky and reared a Presbyterian , she is alien to this tropical world where she is the only Northerner ...
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