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American fictions / Elizabeth Hardwick.

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  • ISBN: 0375754822 (acid-free paper) :
  • Physical Description: xx, 352 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1999 Modern Library pbk. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 1999.

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Includes index.
Subject: American literature > History and criticism.

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American Fictions
American Fictions
by Hardwick, Elizabeth
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Table of Contents

American Fictions

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prefacep. ix
Locations: An Introductionp. xiii
Old New York
    Bartleby in Manhattanp. 3
    Mrs. Wharton in New Yorkp. 15
    Henry James: On Washington Squarep. 36
Americans Abroad
    The Genius of Margaret Fullerp. 51
    A Bunch of Reds: John Reedp. 75
    Gertrude Steinp. 92
    The Fate of the Gifted: Djuna Barnesp. 104
Wind from the Prairie
    The Prairie Poets: Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsay, and Edgar Lee Mastersp. 115
    Anderson, Millay, and Crane in Their Lettersp. 133
Victims and Victors
    Seduction and Betrayalp. 143
    Zeldap. 168
    Sylvia Plathp. 181
    Eugene O'Neill: A Sketchp. 198
Snapshots
    Mary McCarthyp. 207
    Nabokov: Master Classp. 212
    Elizabeth Bishopp. 218
The Sense of the Present
    Guilt, Character, Possibilitiesp. 227
Fictions of America
    Cheever; or, The Ambiguitiesp. 239
    Citizen Updikep. 251
    Paradise Lost: Philip Rothp. 265
    In the Wasteland: Joan Didionp. 277
    Reckless People: Richard Fordp. 287
Lives
    Katherine Anne Porterp. 299
    Edmund Wilsonp. 308
    Truman Capote: Tru Confessionsp. 320
    Norman Mailer: The Teller and the Tapep. 333
Indexp. 343
Permissions Acknowledgmentsp. 353

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