Definition of John dos passos

1. Noun. United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970).

Exact synonyms: Dos Passos, John Roderigo Dos Passos
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Dos Passos

John Ciardi
John Constable
John Copley
John D. Rockefeller
John Dalton
John Davis
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davys
John Deere
John Dewey
John Doe
John Does
John Donald Budge
John Donne
John Dory
John Dowland
John Drew
John Dryden
John Duns Scotus
John Eccles
John Edgar Hoover
John Edward Masefield
John Endecott
John Endicott
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fletcher
John Florio
John Ford

Literary usage of John dos passos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"John Andrews in john dos passos' Three Soldiers and Frederick Henry in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms project the disenchantment which many English ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"OUR OWN BOOKSHELF BEWILDERMENT ON THE LEFT ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN. By John Dos Passos. New Tork: Harcourt, Brace and Company, ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"... By john dos passos IN PERSIA John Dos Passas SINCE the publication of the sensational "Three Soldiers," the novel which shattered the placid current of ..."

4. Military Ethics: Reflections on Principles-The Profession of Arms, Military edited by Malham M. Wakin (1994)
"For WWI, john dos passos' One Man's Initiation: 1917, Three Soldiers, and the war chapters in USA, emphasize the misbehavior of the American military almost ..."

5. Pieces of Hate and Other Enthusiasms by Heywood Broun (1922)
"A vivid novel about the war by john dos passos has been issued under the title "Three Soldiers. ..."

6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... Anthony Trollope, Charles Eliot Norton, EM Forster, Henry Adams, Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Virgina Woolf, john dos passos, Thomas Wolfe, ..."

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