| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 6939 |
| AUTHOR: | Sinclair Lewis |
| QUOTATION: | There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers … most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | “The American Fear of Literature,” address as the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, recalled on his death 10 Jan 51 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Literature: Writers & Editors |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Sinclair Lewis Collection. |
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