<p><span class="deck"> With the publication of his acid-etched but enormously popular portrait of the American small town, Sinclair Lewis emerged as the spokesman for a new literary generation</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> If the facts were dull, the story didn’t get printed. So reporters made up the facts. It’s only recently that newspapers have even</span> tried <span class="typestyle"> to tell the truth</span> . </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Theodore Dreiser’s stark realism brought the American novel into the 20th century. He paid a heavy price for his candor.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">THE 1893 WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION WAS SO WONDERFUL THAT EVERYBODY HOPED IT WAS A PROPHECY OF WHAT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HELD IN STORE. BUT IN FACT, THE CITY THAT MOUNTED IT WAS.</span></p>
