United States: Essays : 1952-1992From the age of Eisenhower to the dawning of the Clinton era, Gore Vidal’sUnited Statesoffers an incomparably rich tapestry of American intellectual and political life in a tumultuous period. It also provides the best, most sustained exposure possible to the most wide-ranging, acute, and original literary intelligence of the post—World War II years.United Statesis an essential book in the canon of twentieth-century American literature and an endlessly fascinating work. |
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STATE OF | 2 |
EVERY ECKERMANN HIS OWN MAN | 3 |
NovelisTS AND CRITICS OF THE 1940S | 10 |
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