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Wright Morris
Wright Morris (Wright Marion Morris), 1910–98, American writer, b. Central City, Nebr. He was for many years professor of English at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State Univ.). His fiction treats the relationship of the burden of American history to the present, and the evolution and continuity of the American character. His novels include The World in the Attic (1949), Love among the Cannibals (1957), Fire Sermon (1971), and Plains Song (1980). The Territory Ahead (1958) is a study of American literary tradition, and About Fiction (1975) is a critical work. Morris was also a photographer, noted particularly for his images of the Great Plains and for his combinations of text and photographs.
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"Wright Morris." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Wright Morris." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Morris-Wr.html "Wright Morris." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Morris-Wr.html |
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Noble Savage
Noble Savage (1960–62), magazine issued twice a year from New York in paperback book format, described by “Arias,” an anonymous contributor to each issue, as having “no case to make for natural goodness,” since “the man of nature is gone from this earth,” but “we ourselves must pray to attach some nobility to our savagery.” Saul Bellow was one of the three editors and contributing editors included Ralph Ellison, Herbert Gold, Arthur Miller, Wright Morris, and Harvey Swados, but other writers also contributed poetry, fiction, and essays, and each issue had an “Ancestors” section with texts by Samuel Butler, Lawrence, Pushkin, etc.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Noble Savage." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Noble Savage." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NobleSavage.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Noble Savage." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NobleSavage.html |
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