Eight studies by ARTHUR MIZENER
Professor of English at Cornell University
8: The Novel of Manners-James Gould Cozzens
His is conservative, upper middle-class background and his intellectually unfashionable conception of excellence have made Cozzens, in spite of his great gifts, the least appreciated major writer of his time. Cozzens's books are about people who actually make the world function successfully: Guard of Honor, the story of three days in the life of a large U.S. Air Force base in 1943. is a flawlessly accurate description of military life.
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