"Studies in Classic American Literature" by D. H. Lawrence is an analysis of older American writings created in the early 1900s that tries to find the things make them special. The book looks closely at famous writers like Benjamin Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe, questioning the European impacts on their work. Lawrence believed that American books should show their own American identity. The start of the book lays out this idea, pushing people to see these stories as more than just simple tales. Lawrence examines the deep American feelings and experiences shown in the works of authors like Franklin and Cooper.
Studies in Classic American Literature
By D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Journey into the heart of the nation's soul as one author challenges readers to see beyond the surface of classic works and unearth the raw, untamed spirit of a nation finding its voice.
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About the AuthorDavid Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialization, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct. Four of his most famous novels — Sons and Lovers
(1913), The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)— were the subject of censorship trials for their radical portrayals of romance, sexuality and use of explicit language.
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialization, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct. Four of his most famous novels — Sons and Lovers (1913), The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)— were the subject of censorship trials for their radical portrayals of romance, sexuality and use of explicit language.
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