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The Literary Underground
Bittner, William | September 22, 1956 issue

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The article focuses on the literary scene as of September 22, 1956. According to the author, in the present literary scene conformity rules the roost. The silent generation living in a world dominated by the weary veterans of the lost generation and the disillusioned revolutionists of the thirties, are not silent but sly. The old methods for rebelling against conformity are no longer effective. From the exposes and burlesques of conformity in education, government, journalism and business, and the warnings sounded in the war novels and the indignant books from Europe, a new development in the novel has gradually evolved.

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LITERATURE; PROGRESS; CONFORMITY; INDIVIDUALITY; FICTION
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