Word: flaubertian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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American literature has often been starved for lack of a grand theme-a Tolstoyan war, a Flaubertian passion, a Jamesian conflict of cultures. The Ne gro revolution, at once violent and vital, agonizing and altruistic, could provide such a theme. Novelist Ann Fairbairn tries to tackle it in this ambitious, achingly overwritten epic. The result is a compelling argument for instant Black Power-if only to avert a sequel...
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