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Author Beach, Joseph Warren, 1880-1957.

Title American fiction, 1920-1940: John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Erskine Caldwell, James T. Farrell, John P. Marquand [and] John Steinbeck.

Publication Info. New York : Russell & Russell, 1960.
©1941

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  813.09 BEA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  813.09    Check Shelf
Description 371 pages ; 22 cm
Contents The lay of the land -- John Dos Passos: the artist in uniform -- John Dos Passos: theory of the leisure class -- Ernest Hemingway: empirical ethics -- Ernest Hemingway: the esthetics of simplicity -- William Faulkner: the haunted South -- William Faulkner: virtuoso -- Thomas Wolfe: the search for a father -- Thomas Wolfe: discovery of brotherhood -- Erskine Caldwell: the comic catharsis -- Erskine Caldwell: substitutes and compensations -- John P. Marquand: the moonlight of culture -- James T. Farrell: tragedy of the poolroom loafer -- James T. Farrell: the plight of the children -- John Steinbeck: journeyman artist -- John Steinbeck: art and propaganda -- Taken all together.
Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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