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a personal essay

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The American classics

a personal essay

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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.

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Language
English
Pages
295

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Cover of: The American Classics
The American Classics
2008, Yale University Press
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The American classics: a personal essay
2005, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction : after Emerson
Emerson and "The American Scholar"
Moby-Dick
The Scarlet letter
Walden
Leaves of grass
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-280) and index.

Published in
New Haven

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/003
Library of Congress
PS201 .D665 2005, PS201.D665 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
295 p. ;
Number of pages
295

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3297577M
ISBN 10
0300107811
LCCN
2004023264
OCLC/WorldCat
56682565
LibraryThing
927909
Goodreads
762738

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2733485W

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