Question: William Gaddis and Virginia Woolf, are Americans?

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The Recognitions: The Recognitions (1955), is the first novel by American author William Gaddis.  The novel was poorly received initially.  After Gaddis won a National Book Award in 1975 for his second novel, "J R", his first work gradually received new and belated recognition as a masterpiece of American literature.

Moments of Being: Moments of Being is a collection of posthumously-published autobiographical essays by Virginia Woolf.  The collection was first found in the papers of her husband, used by Quentin Bell in his biography of Virginia Woolf, published in 1972.  In 1976, the essays were edited for publication by Jeanne Schulkind.  The second edition was published in 1985.  The original texts are now housed at Sussex University and in the British Library in London.

The Mark on the Wall: "The Mark on the Wall" is the first published story by Virginia Woolf.  It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called "Two Stories".  It was later published in New York in 1921 as part of another collection entitled "Monday or Tuesday".

Jack Green (critic): jack green (the name was spelled with lower-case letters) is the pseudonym of Christopher Carlisle Reid (born 1928), an American literary critic who was a great defender of the work of William Gaddis.  Reid—who took the name from a racing form after he quit his job to become a freelance critic—particularly admired Gaddis' 1955 novel "The Recognitions", which flopped upon being published.  Reid/green believed that the commercial failure of the hardcover edition of Gaddis' novel was the result of it having been panned by literary critics.  Reid/green's faith in Gaddis was borne out when "The Recognitions" was chosen as one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005.

William Gaddis: William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist.

Jane de Gay: Rev Dr "Jane de Gay" is a British academic and lecturer who has earned a reputation as an expert on the life and works of Virginia Woolf.  Dr de Gay's works on Woolf include a series of articles and a 2006 book, "Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past", published by Edinburgh University Press.  Her work has been recognised by the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain.  She has co-edited four books on gender and theatre, including "Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women" (with Lizbeth Goodman).

Thomas Gaddis: Thomas Gaddis (1742–1834) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War.  He was born December 28, 1742, in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and married Hannah Rice in 1764; the same year he built Fort Gaddis, a refuge from the Indians, located on the Catawba Trail.  In fact, Pennsylvania and Virginia had conflicting claims in the area Gaddis settled.  Though he maintained his loyalty to Virginia, Gaddis also protected his investment by recording his patent with Pennsylvania authorities.  By 1773, both states created new geo-political boundaries in recognition of increased white settlement.  Pennsylvania formed Westmoreland County out of the larger Bedford County, and Virginia established the District of West Augusta.  In 1776, West Augusta was further divided into three counties: Ohio, Youghiogheny, and Monongahela, where Gaddis and his family resided.

Agapē Agape: Agapē Agape is a novel by William Gaddis.  Published posthumously in 2002 by Viking with an afterword by Joseph Tabbi, "Agapē Agape" was Gaddis' fifth and final novel.  It was published in Great Britain with the contents of "The Rush for Second Place" as "Agapē Agape and Other Writings" by Atlantic Books in 2004.

Virginia Woolf: Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer who is considered one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century, and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.  Born in an affluent household in Kensington, London, she attended the King's College London and was acquainted with the early reformers of women's higher education.

The Rush for Second Place: The Rush for Second Place is a posthumous collection of essays by William Gaddis.  Edited and introduced by Joseph Tabbi, it was published in 2002 by Penguin Press at the same time as Gaddis's last novel, "Agapē Agape".  The contents were published in Great Britain with "Agapē Agape" as "Agapē Agape and Other Writings" by Atlantic Books in 2004.

Supporting paragraphs: William Gaddis Virginia Woolf
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