Kindlehighlight Quote by Thomas Frank
““he saw in Populism the first glimmerings of some of the great intellectual upheavals of the twentieth century—naturalism, muckraking, and hard-hitting social satire—which would eventually topple the genteel tradition of the nineteenth century. In a peculiar way, Parrington seemed to think, Kansas was one of the birthplaces of literary modernism.””
![“---In his major phase, he[Conrad] was "ahead of his times" in ideas and techniques;and this was because he was more intelligently and perceptively of his times than most writers then were. In his vigilant response to 19th century preoccupations, he anticipated--often critically--many 20th century…” quote by Cedric Watts A Preface to Conrad p184](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00b/cedric-watts-a-preface-to-conr_conrad_in-his-major-phase-he-conrad-was-ahead-o_3044204.jpg)
