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Rebels and Ancestors. 1890-1915: An Age of Intellectual Liberation reflected in the American Novel.

Rebels and Ancestors. 1890-1915: An Age of Intellectual Liberation reflected in the American Novel.

by [Literary Criticism] Geismar, Maxwell.

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1953.
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1953.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with some edgewear to spine and shallow chipping to edges. A "Complimentary Copy" slip from the publisher tipped in on the front paste down. In this critical study of Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Ellen Glasgow and Thoedore… Read more about this item
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Writers in Crisis: The American Novel Between Two Wars.

Writers in Crisis: The American Novel Between Two Wars.

by [Literary History] Geismar, Maxwell.

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1942.
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1942.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine tight copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine. Geismar assesses the impact of the social pressures that were at work on the literary output of six of America's most influential writers in the years between the two world wars. Geismar… Read more about this item
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The Selected Essays of Cyril Connolly.  Edited with an Introduction by Peter Quennell.

The Selected Essays of Cyril Connolly. Edited with an Introduction by Peter Quennell.

by [Literary Essays] Connolly, Cyril.

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1984.
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9780892550722
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New York:: Persea Books,, 1984.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. Connolly spent his life immersed in literature and the arts and moved among the giants of modernism--James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Huxley, Hemingway, Gide and Ezra Pound. He was the founder of Horizon… Read more about this item
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