The Two Worlds of William March

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The Two Worlds of William March is a 1984 biography of William March, written by the British scholar, critic and author Roy S. Simmonds. [1] William Butcher, reviewing the biography for World Literature Today , called it "a judicious record of March's life and a fine tribute to his literary achievement". [2]

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References

  1. Braham, J. (1985). "The Two Worlds of William March, and: A Cloak of Light: Writing My Life, and: Selected Notebooks 1960-1967, and: Herman Wouk: The Novelist as Social Historian, and: Saul Bellow's Moral Vision. A Critical Study of the Jewish Experience (review)". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 31 (4): 740–745. doi:10.1353/mfs.0.1298.
  2. Butched, Philip (1985). "Rev. of Simmonds, The Two Worlds of William March". World Literature Today . 59 (3): 433. doi:10.2307/40140946. JSTOR   40140946.