Complex sentence: His first novel which set forth his own developing style of American magic realism, was praised lavishly by Dorothy Parker and others of great literary merit, was for decades a staple of the undergraduate American Literature curriculum of many American colleges and universities.
Split into simpler sentences: His first novel which set forth his own developing style of American magic realism, was praised lavishly by Dorothy Parker and others of great literary merit. It was for decades a staple of the undergraduate American Literature curriculum of many American colleges and universities.