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• John Knowles: Overview

  Author:J. Sydney JonesFrom:Reference Guide to American Literature (3^rd ed.)

  19941,591 words Critical essay First-novel success is both a blessing and a curse. It assures the young writer of an eager publisher and public for subsequent books, but also guarantees an uphill struggle with the critics. New novels will always be...

• John Knowles: Overview

  Author:Fred McEwenFrom:Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers

  19941,059 words Critical essay Twentieth-Century Writers SeriesJohn Knowles is best known for his first opus: A Separate Peace. The awards granted this work suggest one reason for its enormous popularity and persistence, especially in the academic milieu: it is a very useful text...