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Dos Passos ‘ novel Mid -Century is a history and biography based novel, that is wrapped in fiction.
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Mid Century
Dos Passos’ novel Mid Century uses historical facts to set up the structure of his novel. He also uses biographical detail to contrast and do commentary. So one can see the long succession of events. These events bring the characters upon the stage of the era. The writer uses fiction to fill in the gaps of the story. A note about Dos Passos himself , he is an American writer, a social historian, novelist and also a critic. Born a son of gentry he attended Harvard College.