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The Defense of the American Novel

By John Farrell

Book information

Publisher
Houghton Library
Year
1992
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
193 kB (198077 bytes)
Series
Spring, 1992
Edition
Premier edition
Pages
8-10\3
Time added
2023-08-03 17:27:06

Description

A discussion of *The Columbia History of the American Novel*, edited by Emory Elliott, and the conservative critic Bruce Bawer's reaction to it as an example of the politicizing of literary studies. Farrell sees the debate as a confused confrontation between the unconscious moral essentialism of the Left and the unconscious historical relativism of the Right.

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