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Fifty modernist writers of the Western world have been chosen for their excellent and contribution to literature, theater, and art. Here are a hundred of the best collections of poems, plays, novels, short stories, and essays by these fifty writers from 1892-1962- exploring surrealism, absurdism, Dadaism, futurism, cubism, and other movements. List is in alphabetical order by authors, then by their titles.

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message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

Coinman at number 6 is obviously an intruder.


message 3: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 31, 2016 05:35AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Sidharth wrote: "Coinman at number 6 is obviously an intruder."

Coinman has been removed and so has The 42nd Parallel, which means we're back to the original 100 again.


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