The Inmost Leaf: A Selection of Essays

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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979 - Literary Collections - 273 pages

One 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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Alfred Kazin has lectured and taught at many prestigious universities in both the U.S. and Europe. His books include A Walker in the City, The Inmost Leaf, and Starting Out in the Thirties.

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