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Exile's Return first published in the United States of America by W. W. Norton 1934
Revised and expanded edition published by The Viking Press 1951
Published in a Viking Compass edition 1956
Published in Penguin Books 1976
This edition with an introduction and notes by Donald W. Faulkner published
in Penguin Books 1994
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Copyright Malcolm Cowley, 1934, 1935, 1941, 1951
Copyright renewed Malcolm Cowley, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1979
Introduction and notes copyright © Donald W. Faulkner, 1994
All rights reserved

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Cowley, Malcolm.
Exile's return: a literary odyssey of the 1920s / Malcolm Cowley;
edited and with an introduction by Donald W. Faulkner.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0 14 01.8776 6
1. American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
2. Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989--Homes and haunts--France--Paris.
3. Paris ( France)--Intellectual life--20th century. 4. Americans--
France--Paris--History--20th century. 5. Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989--
Childhood and youth. 6. Authors, American--20th century--
Biography. 7. Critics--United States--Biography. I. Faulkner,
Donald W. II. Title.
PS221.C65 1994
810.9'0052--dc20 94-12846

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