SOURCE: Gerson, Steven M. “The New American Adam in The Adventures of Augie March.” Modern Fiction Studies 25, no. 1 (spring 1979): 117-28.
In the following essay, Gerson traces the transformation of Augie March in The Adventures of Augie March from an early American Adamic figure as defined by R. W. B. Lewis to a modern American Adam whose personality and outlook has been influenced by twentieth-century events.
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