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Essay Archive - Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet
Only in a time when the pressure of the world amounts to angst and the
fight for freedom can a world advance in it's literary achievements. A writer,
just like an artist, builds his creations from the mood and settings of the
surrounding atmosphere. In the first half of the twentieth century, the
atmosphere was filled with resources to stimulate literary creativity, such as
the second World War and the Great Depression (Roache 102: 14). The social
genre of the time gave way to the broad appeal to American life and the focus of
freedom leading to original stories and historical themes (Folsom 3....
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