Stavans, Ilan 1961- creator text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2022 First edition. monographic eng

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xviii, 191 pages ; 23 cm. "An engaging, thought-provoking, and polemical volume on what makes American literature what it is today"-- 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. Ilan Stavans. Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature History and criticism Literatura estadounidense Historia y crítica PS 88 S798w 2022 810.9 9780198816218 (hardcover) 0198816219 (hardcover) 2021941664 YDX 210621 20230411090906.0 22094373 eng