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Becoming Gore Vidal: The Henry Adams of Our Age

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The icon is remembered by Morris Dickstein as a critic and personality in the mold of Henry Adams, who also yearned for a vanished age.

Morris Dickstein
Morris Dickstein
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Morris Dickstein

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