02136cam a22004215i 4500 118312 118312 22094373 BJBSDDR 20230411090906.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 210621s2022 enk b 001 0 eng d 2021941664 9780198816218 (hardcover) 0198816219 (hardcover) (OCoLC)on1243349955 YDX eng YDX rda YDX OCLCO OCLCF UCW GSU DLC eng lccopycat PS 88 S798w 2022 810.9 Stavans, Ilan, 27510 1961- What is American literature? / Ilan Stavans. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022. xviii, 191 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. I. 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. "An engaging, thought-provoking, and polemical volume on what makes American literature what it is today"-- Provided by publisher. American literature History and criticism. Literatura estadounidense 4086 Historia y crítica Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 0 ibc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2022-12-05 0 PS 88 S798w 2022 00000164086 2022-12-05 00:00:00 1 2022-12-05 BK