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R. W. B. Lewis

American literary scholar and critic, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Biography, National Book Critics Circle Award

American literary critic (1917-2002)

Born	1 Nov 1917
Died	13 Jun 2002

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American literature: mirror, lens, or prism? Sir George Watson lecture delivered in the University of Leicester, 28 April 1966

by Cleanth Brooks, R. W. B. Lewis, and Robert Penn Warren First published in 1967 — 11 editions

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The American Adam: innocence, tragedy, and tradition in the nineteenth century.

by R. W. B. Lewis
First published in 1955 — 7 editions
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The letters of Edith Wharton

by Edith Wharton, R. W. B. Lewis, and Nancy Lewis
First published in 1988 — 7 editions
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Dante

by R. W. B. Lewis
First published in 2001 — 6 editions

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The Jameses: a family narrative

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1991 — 6 editions
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Short stories of Edith Wharton, 1910-1937

by Edith Wharton and R. W. B. Lewis
First published in 1968 — 4 editions
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Melville Herman

by Herman Melville and R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1957 — 4 editions

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Edith Wharton: a biography

by R. W. B. Lewis
First published in 1975 — 4 editions

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The picaresque saint: representative figures in contemporary fiction.

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1958 — 4 editions
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The collected short stories of Edith Wharton.

by Edith Wharton and R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1968 — 4 editions
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The city of Florence: historical vistas and personal sightings

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1994 — 3 editions

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Poetry of Hart Crane

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 2015 — 3 editions

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The Picaresque Saint

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1958 — 3 editions
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Malraux; a collection of critical essays.

by R. W. B. Lewis
First published in 1964 — 3 editions
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Trials of the word: essays in American literature and the humanistic tradition

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1965 — 3 editions
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Sargent and Italy

by John Singer Sargent, Bruce Robertson, Jane Dini, Ilene Susan Fort, Stephanie L. Herdrich, R. W. B. Lewis, and Richard Ormond First published in 2003 — 3 editions
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The poetry of Hart Crane: a critical study

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1967 — 3 editions

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Edith Wharton: A Biography

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1975 — 2 editions

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The American Adam: innocence, tragedy, and tradition in the nineteenth century

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1955 — 2 editions

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Trials of the word;: Essays in American literature and the humanistic tradition

by R. W. B. Lewis First published in 1965 — 2 editions

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American literary critic (1917-2002)

Born	1 Nov 1917
Died	13 Jun 2002

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OLID: OL241631A
GoodReads: 145662
ISNI: 0000000116980056
Library of Congress Names: n50049593
LibraryThing: lewisrwb
VIAF: 109271223
Wikidata: Q990492
Inventaire.io: wd:Q990492

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Lewis, R.W.B.
Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis
آر. دبليو. بي. لويس
آر. دبليو. بى. لويس
Dick Lewis
آر. دبلیو. بی. لوئیس

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