A People's History of English and American LiteratureWith special emphasis on literary merit, this book chronicles the literature of the great nations of Britain and America from their earliest origins to the twenty-first century. |
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... Pulitzer Prize for non - fiction . In the 1970s Mailer produced a steady stream of novels of some regard concluding with a " true - life novel " relating the gruesome story of condemned murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song ...
... Pulitzer Prize for non - fiction . In the 1970s Mailer produced a steady stream of novels of some regard concluding with a " true - life novel " relating the gruesome story of condemned murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song ...
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... Pulitzer Prize for Drama . It was at that point that Shepard began to write for a larger audience . Though certainly not of the stature of Shepard , David Mamet is another dramatist of extreme promise who also prefers , at least ...
... Pulitzer Prize for Drama . It was at that point that Shepard began to write for a larger audience . Though certainly not of the stature of Shepard , David Mamet is another dramatist of extreme promise who also prefers , at least ...
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... Prize for Poetry was actually first established in 1922. The earlier awards were made from gifts provided by the Poetry Society . 1947 Autobiography William Allen White Note category name Novel ... Pulitzer Prizes for Literature 1917 - 2002.
... Prize for Poetry was actually first established in 1922. The earlier awards were made from gifts provided by the Poetry Society . 1947 Autobiography William Allen White Note category name Novel ... Pulitzer Prizes for Literature 1917 - 2002.
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The AngloSaxon or Old English Period 4501066 | 1 |
The Revival of Learning and the Renaissance 14851660 | 11 |
The Puritan Interlude 16401660 | 23 |
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