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What is American literature? / Ilan Stavans.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 191 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198816218 (hardcover)
  • 0198816219 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 810.9
LOC classification:
  • PS 88 S798w 2022
Contents:
I. The Ambition of origins -- Manifest Destiny -- Native trail -- Original sin -- "Give me your tired" -- The epicenter of narcissism -- II. Hucks R' Us -- Down the Mississippi -- Kids' lit -- Mending walls -- Sexual magnets -- I am anger -- III. Language and authority -- Forever young -- Of dictionaries and academies -- In defense of ignorance -- The part about superheroes -- Auto-corrected -- IV. Surviving democracy -- Books as merchandise -- The coolness of American libraries -- Teaching in the age of intolerance -- Born translated -- Unhappy people -- Epilogue: the Second American Civil War.
Summary: "An engaging, thought-provoking, and polemical volume on what makes American literature what it is today"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 88 S798w 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000164086

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The Ambition of origins -- Manifest Destiny -- Native trail -- Original sin -- "Give me your tired" -- The epicenter of narcissism -- II. Hucks R' Us -- Down the Mississippi -- Kids' lit -- Mending walls -- Sexual magnets -- I am anger -- III. Language and authority -- Forever young -- Of dictionaries and academies -- In defense of ignorance -- The part about superheroes -- Auto-corrected -- IV. Surviving democracy -- Books as merchandise -- The coolness of American libraries -- Teaching in the age of intolerance -- Born translated -- Unhappy people -- Epilogue: the Second American Civil War.

"An engaging, thought-provoking, and polemical volume on what makes American literature what it is today"-- Provided by publisher.

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