Prospects for the Study of American Literature: A Guide for ...
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Nevertheless, even before biographies by Constance Webb and Michel Fabre and the critical studies by Edward Margolies, Dan McCall, Russell C. Brignano, Keneth Kinnamon, and David Bakish — all published in the six years from 1968 to 1973 — there was a substantial body of essays and reviews, some of them helpful. A glance at some of this early work and a look at the achievements of the last three decades will establish our bearings before we scout the terrain of that large ...