Nineteen NineteenWashington Square Press, 1961 - 511 pages The second volume of U.S.A. refines the approach of the first. As in Three Soldiers and One Man's Initiation - 1917, Dos Passos reveals the damage done by World War I. Nineteen Nineteen, however, focuses on the fear and social unrest on the home front. Across America, Dos Passos is troubled by how new institutions and movements -- such as industrialization, imperialism, and materialism -- stifle human freedom. He hopes for societal advancement through means consistent with the country's democratic roots as he perceives them. Nineteen Nineteen uses a fresh, multimedia style that mixes newsreels, song lyrics, biographies of major figures, semi-autobiographical prose poems, and standard narrative. Pithy, miniature biographies of John Reed, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, J.P. Morgan, and the Unknown Soldier are featured. |
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... told him about . The doc , who was a little kike with a goatee , told him it was the gonawria and he'd have to come every afternoon for treatment . He said he'd guarantee to cure him up for fifty dollars , half payable in advance , and ...
... told him about . The doc , who was a little kike with a goatee , told him it was the gonawria and he'd have to come every afternoon for treatment . He said he'd guarantee to cure him up for fifty dollars , half payable in advance , and ...
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... told where to get their uniforms and cautioned to keep away from wine and women and told to come back in the afternoon . In the afternoon they were told to come back next morning for their identity cards . The identity cards took ...
... told where to get their uniforms and cautioned to keep away from wine and women and told to come back in the afternoon . In the afternoon they were told to come back next morning for their identity cards . The identity cards took ...
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... told him what had happened and said he was afraid the Americans had been disgusted . “ A futurist must be disgusted at nothing except weakness and stupidity , " said Sardinaglia sententiously . Then he told them he'd found out who the ...
... told him what had happened and said he was afraid the Americans had been disgusted . “ A futurist must be disgusted at nothing except weakness and stupidity , " said Sardinaglia sententiously . Then he told them he'd found out who the ...
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JOE WILLIAMS | 14 |
RICHARD ELLSWORTH SAVAGE | 78 |
EVELINE HUTCHINS | 115 |
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