The Lost Pilot
by James Tate
1966 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. "James Tate sounds to me like
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The Modern Confessional Novel
by Peter Axthelm
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New insights into works by seven important novelists are provided by this stimulating
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Restif's Novels
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In
Search of an Author
by Charles A. Porter
Dismissed until recently as a poor imitator of Rousseau and Sade, Restif de la
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$10.00
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T rials of the Word
Essays in American Literature and the Humanistic Tradition
by R. W. B. Lewis
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-The
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AStudy in Theatrics
by John Harvey
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