Reading America: Essays on American LiteratureKnopf, 1987 - 320 pages The distinguished critic offers us his selection of his essays and commentaries on American writing and writers, from Emerson and Whitman through Auden and Ashbery. Donoghue examines the canon in the light of the American enterprise -- the imperatives of a powerful national past versus the subversions of an irrevocably anarchic spirit. The result is indispensable readinig for anyone hoping to inquire humanely into our national literature. -- Publisher's description. |
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Whitman | 68 |
Henry Adamss Novels | 111 |
Henry James and The Sense of the Past | 125 |
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