John Dos Passos: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey

John Dos Passos: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey

"This is a sound, very full, altogether welcome biography of one of the strangest careers in American letters." -- Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review"Ludington's fine, sweeping study . . . shows in full color Dos Passos the paradox, the self-contradiction, the eccentric of such proportions that the mere facts of his life would make arresting reading even if he had no particular genius." -- Washington Post Book World From Library Journal "This model biography will be important to any study of the literary history and intellectual ferment of that extraordinary era from the Great War to midcentury" (LJ 10/1/80). Luddington here follows Dos Passos through his artistic endeavors and political leanings, which led him into disfavor. That, however, has passed. Still a "clearly definitive work," this edition contains a new introduction by the author.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.