An Outline Of American State Literature by Elsie Dershem
(Rare Book Collection)
This volume is the first book to treat of the literature of the different states. Nearly all of the states have authors who have written books about their state literature and as the wealth of the material and the number of authors in the state increase, so will the interest in local and state literature tend to increase. No author has been given a residence in a state unless he has been placed there by some state authority. The overlappage of states has been a difficult question. A representative work of each author has been named, insofar as it has been possible.
American Literature (EZ-101 Study Keys)
Key topics start with colonial writers and cover three centuries of
American prose and poetry, including present-day trends and influences.
Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in
their subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable
overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize
important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers
and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and
textbooks. Historical/Literary Time periods are in
chronological order. Each key is an introduction to the author with
examples of the author's works.
Introduction to the Study of American Literature by William Cranston Lawton (Rare Book Collection)
In this volume the attempt has been made to distinguish the salient epochs in American literature, brief though the story is. The relation of the artist and his work to the general life of his time and of his people has been frequently recalled. This relation is especially illustrated in the chronological tables, which may be supplemented from the regular textbooks in American history.
Nevertheless, the treatment in the text itself is in the main biographical. That is, the effort has almost always been to make the single life appear an articulated and rational whole. This method craves far more space than was here available; but, any such volume as this must serve merely as an introduction to far wider reading.
The Art Of Literature(THE ESSAYS OF ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER)
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Every mediocre writer tries to mask his own natural style, because in his heart he knows the truth of what I am saying. He is thus forced, at the outset, to give up any attempt at being frank or naive--a privilege which is thereby reserved for superior minds, conscious of their own worth, and therefore sure of themselves. What I mean is that these everyday writers are absolutely unable to resolve upon writing just as they think; because they have a notion that, were they to do so, their work might possibly look very childish and simple.
Literary forgeries are usually regarded as spurious versions of genuine literature. Faking Literature argues that the production of a literary forgery is an act that reveals the spurious nature of literature itself. Literature has long been under attack because of its alliance with rhetoric (the art of persuasion) rather than with logic and ethics. One way of deflecting such attacks is to demonize literary forgery: literature acquires the illusion of authenticity by being dissociated from what are represented as ersatz approximations of the real thing.
