The Inmost Leaf: A Selection of EssaysOne of America's foremost literary critics presents twenty-eight essays on American and European writers, including Joyce, Flaubert, Fitzgerald, Melville, Dostoevsky, and Faulkner. |
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The Death of James Joyce | 3 |
Our Passion Is Our Task | 9 |
Proust in His Letters | 21 |
Copyright | |
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