Book 2008

The American Classics

3 readers

Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 2008

Canon (Literature)
American literature
Theory
History and criticism

How is a classic book to be defined? How much time must elapse before a work may be judged a " classic" ? And among all the works of American literature, which deserve the designation? In this provocative new book Denis Donoghue essays to answer these questions.