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Darkness Visible by William Styron

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Name: William Styron
Birth Date: January 11, 1925
Place of Birth: Newport News, Virginia, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of William Styron
1082 words, approx. 3.6 pages
William Styron (born 1925) was a Southern writer of novels and articles. His major works were Lie Down in Darkness,The Long March, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. His major theme was the response of basically decent people to such cru...
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Biography of William Styron
10165 words, approx. 33.9 pages
The critics received Lie Down in Darkness (1951) as an auspicious first novel, perhaps the best to appear since World War II. Its style, if reminiscent of Faulkner, was distinctly the author's own; its psychological insights, accurate; and its moral visi...
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Biography of William Styron
10139 words, approx. 33.8 pages
The critics received Lie Down in Darkness (1951) as an auspicious first novel, perhaps the best to appear since World War II. If reminiscent of Faulkner, its style was distinctly the author's own; its psychological insights, accurate; and its moral visio...
 


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Darkness Visible Information
191 words, approx. 1 pages
<i>Darkness Visible</i> has been used as a title on several...


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Styron, William Clark, Jr.
12/31/2006: 333 words, approx. 1 pages
American novelist (b. June 11, 1925, Newport News, Va. —d. Nov. 1, 2006, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts ), was noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical prose style. Styron served in the U.S. Marine Corps before graduating (1947) from...
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Kurt Vonnegut tops in public's heart
11/16/2007: 775 words, approx. 3 pages
Within the past year, three of the most famous authors to emerge after World War II have died: Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Their deaths all resulted in front-page stories, lengthy appreciations and ongoing discussions about their place in American letters.No writer was...


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Darkness Visible by William Styron

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