Toward a Modernist Style: John Dos Passos

A new appraisal of Dos Passos''s work and life, Toward a Modernist Style describes both the central currents in his early work, and his full participation in literary modernism, culminating in his U.S.A. trilogy, as well as the relationship of these currents to those of an especially vibrant period in American expression.

Donald Pizer charts the evolution of Dos Passos''s artistic sensibility fr...