Major Writers of America, Band 2Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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... Mark Twain's work and its evocation of whole areas of Ameri- can experience . He also noted with approval Mark Twain's function as a critic of society who attacked tyranny and superstition in the name of democracy and enlightenment ...
... Mark Twain's work and its evocation of whole areas of Ameri- can experience . He also noted with approval Mark Twain's function as a critic of society who attacked tyranny and superstition in the name of democracy and enlightenment ...
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... Mark Twain who is cherished all over the world in our day is the writer who could affirm life in spite of his recognition of the dark abysses in human nature . He continues to be read by many people who are quite indifferent to sophisti ...
... Mark Twain who is cherished all over the world in our day is the writer who could affirm life in spite of his recognition of the dark abysses in human nature . He continues to be read by many people who are quite indifferent to sophisti ...
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... Mark Twain's America ( 1932 ) . An energetic reply to Van Wyck Brooks which maintains that Mark Twain fulfilled himself as " a humor- ist , realist , and satirist of the frontier . " The book is vividly written , and contains much ...
... Mark Twain's America ( 1932 ) . An energetic reply to Van Wyck Brooks which maintains that Mark Twain fulfilled himself as " a humor- ist , realist , and satirist of the frontier . " The book is vividly written , and contains much ...
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Introduction | 16 |
Captain Montgomery | 66 |
74 | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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