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Archibald MacLeish

An American Life

Scott Donaldson
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Pages
672
Year
2016
Language
English

About

“Poet, lawyer, Librarian of Congress, statesman, and professor, MacLeish (1892—1982) revived the Homeric ideal of a poet as “a man in the world.” In this authorized and idealized biography, his only flaws are a demanding nature, many discreet infidelities, and lack of interest in his children. Fortunately, Donaldson... is as successful in celebrating MacLeish's strengths as he has been in tracing the demons that destroyed Cheever... Fitzgerald, and Hemingway.

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