American Literature · 1982 · 82 citations · 0 references
Literary TheoryLiterary HistoryHistorical MethodologyAlfred KazinLiterary CriticismWelcome BiographyLiterary StudyAmerican LiteratureArtsPhilosophy Of HistoryPhilosophical InquiryLanguage StudiesJohn Dos PassosAmerican LettersClassicsIntellectual History
This is a sound, very full, altogether welcome biography of one of the strangest careers in American letters. -- Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review Ludington's fine, sweeping study . . . shows in full color Dos Passos the paradox, the self-contradiction, the eccentric of such proportions that the mere facts of his life would make arresting reading even if he had no particular genius. -- Washington Post Book World