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Bloch, Robert
Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago. He moved with his family to Milwaukee in Wisconsin when he was ten years old. His mother was a social worker and his father worked in a bank. Bloch was a great admirer of H.P. Lovecraft; he had discovered Weird Tales, which included Lovecraft’s stories, when he was a teenager. Bloch eventually dared to write to Lovecraft, who replied to his letters, and o...
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Amerikansk litteratur
By: Claes-Göran Holmberg
”Den amerikanska litteraturen är på en gång mycket gammal och mycket ung. När de första europeiska kolonisatörerna kom fanns det redan en uråldrig litteratur. Men indianernas poesi och prosa var muntlig och det fanns inget större intresse hos de nya invånarna att dokumentera den. --- ”
