Required reading
Subtitle: why our American classics matter now
By: Andrew Delbanco.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; National characteristics, American, in literature; Politics and literature -- United States; Literature and society -- United States; Books and reading -- United States; Liberalism in literature; Democracy in literature; Canon (Literature)
Description: Shows why our classic American writers remain dispensable, even in an age of uncertainty over what our common heritage is.
Notes: Includes index.