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242 p. 20 cm. |
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Subsoil: The American rhythm, Mary Austin. Old wisdom in a new tongue, George Ade. Prudence militant, E. W. Howe. The soil of the Puritans, Robert Frost. The great and good tradition, Stuart P. Sherman. The tower of irony, George Santayana.--New growths: Youth and wings, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Smartness and light, H. L. Mencken. Flame and slag, Carl Sandburg. Salvation with jazz, Vachel Lindsay. Beyond grammar, Ring W. Lardner. Day in and day out, Manhattan wits.--Postscript: The friendly enemy, Carl Van Doren.--Bibliographies (p. [217]-235) |
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Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934.
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Ade, George, 1866-1944.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950.
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Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
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Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
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Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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