Title: Required Reading
Description: Shows why our classic American writers remain dispensable, even in an age of uncertainty over what our common heritage is.
Subjects: Democracy in literature, Politics and literature, Theory, Literature and society, Liberalism in literature, History and criticism, American literature, Books and reading, Canon (Literature), National characteristics, American, in literature, Authors, american, American literature, history and criticism, National characteristics in literature, New York Times reviewed, Criticism and interpretation