ABSTRACT
Moore (1908–81) was an American critic and author of numerous books on D.H.Lawrence, Henry James, Steinbeck, Forster, and Lawrence Durrell, in addition to Age of the Modern and Other Literary Essays (1971). His review is typical of many which hailed Midcentury as Dos Passos's best novel since U.S.A. Moore highlights its implicit thesis that individualism is threatened in Ameri a by conformity in government, business, labour unions, and society-at-large. Moore claims the novel is about much more than just labour abuses.
