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...long poem by Phelps Putnam, The Daughters of the Sun, too long to quote, too good to quote from. Of the newcomers, William Rollins Jr.'s short novel, The Obelisk, is a painfully accurate account of adolescence's nightmares. Erskine Caldwell's Midsummer Passion is a Chekhovian incident of yokel bawdiness and embarrassment, e. e. cummings, noted licentiate of verse, has some fun with prose and prose ideas. Paul Green contributes a full-length play, Tread the Green Grass. There are eleven short stories (so called for convenience); 44 poems, and an essay by Critic Yvor Winters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Caravan | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

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