Reading America: Essays on American Literature
By Denis DonoghueHere is a selection by the distinguished critic of his essays and commentaries on American writing and writers, from Emerson and Whitman through Auden and Ashbery. Denis Donoghue examines the canon in the light of what he takes to be the central dynamic of the American enterpriseÂ?the imperatives of a powerful national past versus the subversions of an irrevocably anarchic spirit.
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- Hardcover
- 320 pages
- English
- 0394559398
- 9780394559391
About Denis Donoghue
denis donoghue (1 december 1928 – 6 april 2021) was an irish literary critic. he was the henry james chair of english and american letters at new yor Read More about Denis Donoghue
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