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20th Century American Fiction: A Curriculum From 1972

A reading list from my undergraduate days at Tufts University that I found while clearing out some old papers in the attic. The course was a one semester course focusing on 20th Century American Fiction, and was considered cutting edge at the time. My how academic tastes have changed!
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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Gertrude Stein
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
2
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
4
William Faulkner
The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel
5
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
6
Sinclair Lewis
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
7
John Steinbeck
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
9
Kurt Vonnegut
Trout Fishing in America
Trout Fishing in America
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