Dos Passos : : Artist as American / / Linda W. Wagner.
In most of his half century of writing, John Dos Passos consistently tried to capture and define the American character. The complete range of his work builds to Dos Passos' concept of "contemporary chronicle," his own name for his fiction. In this first study of all Dos Passos'...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1979 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Americanization of John Dos Passos
- Part I. The Development of the Artist
- 1. Reaching Past Poetry
- 2. History as Autobiography: Dos Passos' Early Protagonists
- 3. History as Travel: Dos Passos on the Road to America
- Part II. The Mature Artist: Dos Passos as American Chronicler
- 4. Manhattan Transfer: The Beginning of the Chronicles
- 5. "Politics" and the New Drama
- 6. Dos Passos' Search for U.S.A.
- Part III. The Late Artist: Dos Passos as American Interpreter
- 7. District of Columbia: Mecca or Dis?
- 8. The Search for an American Hero
- 9. The End of the Search
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index