Studies in classic American literature

D. H. Lawrence

earliest edition we have, 1962 Penguin, 1971 187 pages

The Cambridge edition of the letters and works of D.H. Lawrence

Lawrence asserted that 'the proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it'. In these highly individual, penetrating essays he has exposed 'the American whole soul' within some of that continent's major works of literature. In seeking to establish the status of writings by such authors as Poe, Melville, Fenimore Cooper and Whitman, Lawrence himself has created a classic work. Studies i...

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Studies in classic American literature edition · 2003 · Cambridge University Press · 632 pages
Studies in Classic American Literature (Twentieth Century Classics) paperback · 1990 · Penguin Classics · 192 pages · 9780140183771
Studies in classic American literature. edition · 1971 · Penguin · 187 pages
Studies in classic American literature edition · 1964 · Heinemann · 168 pages
The symbolic meaning edition · 1962 · Centaur Press

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