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Geismar’s American Moderns Revisits Hemingway and Salinger
This review praises Geismar for clear perspective and detached critique in American Moderns. It lauds his revaluation of literary gods, objectivity in assessing new writers, and emphasis on environment and personality over gatekeeping. It notes strengths in prose craft, youth fidelity, and the work’s provocative dissent.
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Hemingway
Faulkner
Mr. Geismar
Dresser
Salinger
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Drieser
Geismar