Item #240 What is American Literature? Carl Van Doren.

What is American Literature?

William Morrow and Company, 1935. first thus. hardcover. Duodecimo 128pp. from the preface: "What is American Literature? is a definition, not a debate. Having concluded what writers are the American essence, it tries to define each of them as precisely as possible. It tries, moreover, to exhibit them in action, moving to the life in space and time. No one of them is like any other, and there is no effort to make them so..." very good: spine faded, minimal shelfwear, dark topstain text block (as normal), text clean, binding tight / no DJ. Item #240

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