Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America by Parini, Jay

Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307386182)

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Format: Paperback
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Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America by Parini, Jay

Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America

$22.00
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America by Parini, Jay

Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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In this lively exploration of America's intellectual heritage, acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Jay Parini celebrates the life and times of thirteen books that helped shape the American psyche.

Moving nimbly between the great watersheds in American letters--including Walden, Huckleberry Finn, The Souls of Black Folk, and On the Road--Parini demonstrates how these books entered American life and altered how we think and act in the world. An immensely readable and vibrant work of cultural history, Promised Land exposes the rich literary foundation of our culture, and is sure to appeal to all book lovers and students of the American character alike.

Author: Jay Parini
ISBN-10: 030738618X
ISBN-13: 9780307386182
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2010
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.14w x 0.87d
By Jay Parini
By Jay Parini
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Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College in Vermont. His novels include The Apprentice Lover, Benjamin's Crossing, and The Last Station (now a major motion picture). His fifth volume of poetry was The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems (2005). He has written biographies of John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, and William Faulkner, in addition to The Art of Teaching (2005) and Why Poetry Matters (2008). His reviews and essays appear frequently in major periodicals, including The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Guardian. He lives in Vermont.

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