Robert Penn Warren (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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Robert Penn Warren wrote successfully in so many genres that Charles Bohner called him “the pentathlon champion of American literature.” In addition to his novels, he published short stories, numerous volumes of poetry, and a considerable amount of nonfiction. Warren’s fiction and his poetry often consider the same philosophical themes: the meaning of history, the loss of innocence and the recognition of evil in the fallen world, and the difficulty of finding a moral balance in a world in which traditional Christian values seem to be faltering. For...

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