Recovering American literature /

Shaw, Peter, 1936-,

Recovering American literature / [print] Peter Shaw. - first Elephant pbk. edition. - Chicago : I.R. Dee, (c)1995. - 203 pages ; 21 cm.

"Elephant paperbacks."



The scarlet letter : the heretical temptation -- Moby Dick : cutting a classic down to ideological size -- Billy Budd : criticism as assault on authority -- Huckleberry Finn : the return of the genteel tradition -- The Bostonians : refuting human nature -- Typee : civilization and its malcontents.



9781566630955

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American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--19th century
Criticism--History--United States--20th century.
Literature and history--History.--United States
Canon (Literature)

PS201.S535.R436 1995 PS201