What is American literature? / Ilan Stavans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stavans, Ilan, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

xviii, 191 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. The Ambition of Origins

1. Manifest Destiny

2. Native Trail

3. Original Sin

4. "Give Me Your Tired"

5. The Epicenter of Narcissism

II. Hucks R' Us

1. Down the Mississippi

2. Kids' Lit

3. Mending Walls

4. Sexual Magnets

5. I Am Anger

III. Language and Authority

1. Forever Young

2. Of Dictionaries and Academies

3. In Defense of Ignorance

4. The Part about Superheroes

5. Auto-Corrected

IV. Surviving Democracy

1. Books as Merchandise

2. The Coolness of American Libraries

3. Teaching in the Age of Intolerance

4. Born Translated

5. Unhappy People.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780198816218

0198816219

OCLC:

1243349955