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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 345
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 345.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Leonard Abbott, 1878-1953 -- Saul Alinsky, 1909-1972 -- Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson), 1870-1946 -- Roger Baldwin, 1884-1981 -- Alison Bechdel, 1960- -- Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955 -- Murray Bookchin, 1921-2006 -- Ralph Chaplin, 1887-1961 -- Valtairine de Cleyre, 1866-1912 -- Daniel De Leon, 1852-1914 -- Barbara Deming, 1917-1984 -- Crystal Eastman, 1881-1928 -- Amitai Etzioni, 1929- -- Benjamin Orange Flower, 1859-1918 -- Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1826-1898 -- Marcus Garvey, 1887-1940 -- Moses Harman, 1830-1910 -- Nat Hentoff, 1925- -- Karl Hess, 1923-1994 -- Robert G. Ingersoll, 1833-1899 -- Mary E. Marcy, 1877-1922 -- H. L. Mitchell, 1906-1989 -- J. Howard Moore, 1862-1916 -- Ralph Nader, 1934- -- Albert R. Parsons, 1848-1887 -- Lucy E. Parsons, 1853?-1942 -- Terence V. Powderly, 1849-1924 -- Adam Clayton Powell Jr., 1908-1972 -- Jeremy Rifkin, 1945- -- Ernestine L. Rose, 1810-1892 -- Margaret Sanger, 1879-1933 -- Rose Pastor Stokes, 1879-1933 -- Horace Traubel, 1858-1919 -- William English Walling, 1877-1936 -- Josiah Warren, 1798-1874 -- Booker T. Washington, 1856?-1915 -- The Appeal to Reason, 1895-1922 -- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), 1905- -- The Modern School Movement -- Mother Earth, 1906-1918. |
| Summary |
America's special status as the 1st modern country intentionally created by citizens rather than by rulers fired writers and composers from the disenfranchised classes with a sense of entitlement to have their voices heard. They felt an obligation to persuade others that the society's unifying institutions should be changed to improve the quality of common life. The large percentage of American writers concerned with social change shaped the course of literary history the US. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Original Version |
Original: 503 p. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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American literature. |
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19th century |
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Bio-bibliography.
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Dictionaries.
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American literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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Authors, American. |
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Biographies.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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Protest literature, American -- Dictionaries.
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Protest literature, American. |
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Radicalism in literature -- Dictionaries.
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Radicalism in literature. |
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Radicals -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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Radicals. |
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United States. |
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Reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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Reformers. |
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Social problems in literature -- Dictionaries.
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Social problems in literature. |
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Biographies.
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Bibliographies.
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Bibliographies.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Furey, Hester Lee.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
0787681636 |
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9780787681630 |
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