Studies in Classic American Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781848611580)

Studies in Classic American Literature ...] is at once a work of cultural criticism, a study and critique of American myths, a meditation on the relationship between the Old World and the New, a new theory of the self, a theory of textuality (and a fearless demonstration of a radical, self-styled form of psycho-social criticism), a theory of art, a history of America, a critique of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest covert autobiographies in world literature (all the writers in the book represent either versions of Lawrence's self or versions of himself he felt he had to liberate). And, of course, it is a bravura interpretation of "classic" American texts, one of the most innovative and penetrating critical performances of modern times. -from Jon Thompson's Introduction.

Author: D. H. Lawrence
ISBN-10: 1848611587
ISBN-13: 9781848611580
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2011
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d