Leseprobe
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Delphi Complete Works of John Dos Passos Illustrated
John Dos Passos
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Belletristik / Gemischte Anthologien
Beschreibung
One of the major novelists of the post-World War I lost generation, John Dos Passos established a reputation as a social historian and radical critic of American life. His celebrated masterpiece, the U.S.A. trilogy, was ranked by the Modern Library as 23rd of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century. Written in experimental, non-linear form, the landmark trilogy blends elements of biography, song lyrics and news reports to portray a vibrant tapestry landscape of early twentieth-century American culture. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Dos Passos’ complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dos Passos’ life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 15 novels, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including the unfinished novel ‘Century’s Ebb’
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The plays and poetry — available in no other collection
* Includes a wide selection of Dos Passos’ non-fiction
* Features the seminal autobiography ‘The Best Times’ – discover Dos Passos’ literary life
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
CONTENTS:
The U.S.A. Trilogy
The 42nd Parallel (1930)
Nineteen Nineteen (1932)
The Big Money (1936)
District of Columbia Trilogy
Adventures of a Young Man (1939)
Number One (1943)
The Grand Design (1949)
Other Novels
One Man’s Initiation — 1917 (1920)
Three Soldiers (1921)
Streets of Night (1923)
Manhattan Transfer (1925)
Chosen Country (1951)
Most Likely to Succeed (1954)
The Great Days (1958)
Midcentury (1961)
Century’s Ebb (1975)
The Plays
The Garbage Man (1926)
Airways, Inc. (1934)
Fortune Heights (1934)
The Poetry
Poems from ‘Eight Harvard Poets’ (1917)
A Pushcart at the Curb (1922)
The Non-Fiction
Rosinante to the Road Again (1922)
Facing the Chair (1927)
Orient Express (1927)
Why Write for the Theatre Anyway? (1934)
The Men Who Made the Nation (1957)
Mr. Wilson’s War (1962)
Brazil on the Move (1963)
The Portugal Story (1969)
Easter Island (1970)
The Autobiography
The Best Times (1966)
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