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Moral agents : Eight Twentieth-Century American writers / Edward Mendelson.

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"One of contemporary America's leading critics and scholars offers a provocative reassessment of the lives and work of eight influential twentieth- century American writers: Lionel Trilling, Dwight Macdonald, W.H. Auden, William Maxwell, Saul Bellow, Alfred Kazin, Norman Mailer, and Frank...

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Main Author: Mendelson, Edward (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York Review Books, [2015]
Series:New York Review Books classics.
Subjects:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
American literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature and history.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Sage: Lionel Trilling
  • Moralist: Dwight Macdonald
  • Outsider: Alfred Kazin
  • Magus: William Maxwell
  • Patriarch: Saul Bellow
  • Mythmaker: Norman Mailer
  • Neighbor: W.H. Auden
  • Celebrant: Frank O'Hara.

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