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Shearsman Books Studies in Classic American Literature Shearsman Books by D. H. Lawrence Edited by Jon Thompson
Studies in Classic American Literature [.] is at once a work of cultural criticism a study and critique of American myths a meditation on the relationship between the Old World and the New a new theory of the self a theory of textuality and a fearless demonstration of a radical self-styled form of psycho-social criticism a theory of art a history of America a critique of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest covert autobiographies in world literature all the writers in the book represent either versions of Lawrences self or versions of himself he felt he had to liberate. And of course it is a bravura interpretation of classic American texts one of the most innovative and penetrating critical performances of modern times. -from Jon Thompsons Introduction.show more