Title: The American Classics
Subtitle: a personal essay
First published: 2005
Description: How is a classic book to be defined? How much time must elapse before a work may be judged a " classic" ? And among all the works of American literature, which deserve the designation? In this provocative new book Denis Donoghue essays to answer these questions.
Subjects: Canon (Literature), American literature, Theory, History and criticism, American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc., American literature, history and criticism, 19th century
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PS201 .D665 2005