01909cam a22003735i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000300011402000270014403500240017104000570019504100080025204200140026005000220027408200100029610000280030624500500033425000190038426400630040330000310046633600260049733700280052333800270055150400510057850506070062952001360123665000480137265000530142065500620147322094373BJBSDDR20230411090906.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta210621s2022    enk      b    001 0 eng d  a  2021941664  a9780198816218 (hardcover)  a0198816219 (hardcover)  a(OCoLC)on1243349955  aYDXbengcYDXerdadYDXdOCLCOdOCLCFdUCWdGSUdDLC  aeng  alccopycat14aPS 88bS798w 202200a810.91 aStavans, Ilan, d1961- 10aWhat is American literature? /cIlan Stavans.  aFirst edition. 1aOxford,  United Kingdom :bOxford University Press,c2022.  axviii, 191 pages ;c23 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aI. 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.  a"An engaging, thought-provoking, and polemical volume on what makes American literature what it is today"--cProvided by publisher. 0aAmerican literaturexHistory and criticism. 4aLiteratura estadounidense xHistoria y crítica 7aCriticism, interpretation, etc.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01411635