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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... uniform and the in the parlor the waxen odor of lilies in the parlor ( He and I we must bury the uniform of grief ) then the riversmell the shimmering Potomac reaches there were the little choppysilver waves at Indian Head mockingbirds ...
... uniform and the in the parlor the waxen odor of lilies in the parlor ( He and I we must bury the uniform of grief ) then the riversmell the shimmering Potomac reaches there were the little choppysilver waves at Indian Head mockingbirds ...
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... uniform who were following a Greek flag and singing la Brabançonne . A minute later she realized she'd lost the car and her friends and was scared . She couldn't recognize the streets even , in this new Paris full of arclights and flags ...
... uniform who were following a Greek flag and singing la Brabançonne . A minute later she realized she'd lost the car and her friends and was scared . She couldn't recognize the streets even , in this new Paris full of arclights and flags ...
Page 373
... uniform of a major , took him by the sleeve and drew him up the deck . " Better put on your uniform to land . " “ All right , sir , I thought it looked rather shabby . " " All the better . . . . Well , I suppose it's hell over there and ...
... uniform of a major , took him by the sleeve and drew him up the deck . " Better put on your uniform to land . " “ All right , sir , I thought it looked rather shabby . " " All the better . . . . Well , I suppose it's hell over there and ...
Contents
JOE WILLIAMS | 14 |
RICHARD ELLSWORTH SAVAGE | 78 |
EVELINE HUTCHINS | 115 |
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