Stavans, Ilan,   1961-  <br/><br/>
What is American literature? / 
Ilan Stavans. 
 - First edition. 
 - xviii, 191 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "An engaging, thought-provoking, and polemical volume on what makes American literature what it is today"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780198816218 (hardcover) 0198816219 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021941664 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.<br/>Literatura estadounidense --Historia y crítica
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 88  / S798w 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9