biography
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Parrington, V(ernon) L(ouis)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1871–1929)
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| biography:
| Literary historian, born in Aurora, Illinois, USA. He revolutionized the study of American literature by regarding literary works in the context of intellectual history, most influentially in his Main Currents in American Thought (3 vols, 1927–30). |
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