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Encounters with American Culture

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Encounters with American Culture

By Peter Prescott

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About the book

This collection of essays discusses some of the important books, authors, and literary trends of a volatile era in American and world literature whose cultural repercussions are still being felt. Peter S. Prescott was one of the most penetrating, knowledgeable, and sensitive critics to write for a general audience in the tradition of Edmund Wilson. Readers will discover not only Prescott's acute and subtle comments on the enduring and/or representative books of the time, but also his humor and s...Show more

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9781138522800

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

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Encounters with American Culture

Format

Hardcover

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