Life, literature and the pursuit of happiness

Article Abstract:

The evolution of American literature took time, and it was not until the late 1850s that it began to emerge as a true form. The US was still forming through that time, which made its literature less stable. The preference for European literature was strong through that point as well. The realization that the US was boundless is reflected in its early literature by such authors as Herman Melville, Walt Whitman and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The imagination spawned by the realization of the lack of boundaries was tremendous.

American literature

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Bernard Malamud: behind the poker face

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Malamud, who died March 18, 1986, was a self-taught, self-disciplined technician, not a spontaneous creator. His papers, now at the Library of Congress, will soon be published as a book, 'Talking Horse: Bernard Malamud on Life and Work.' His influence and stature have continued to grow since '86.

Behavior, Biography, Novelists, Malamud, Bernard

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The decline of discourse?

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Wieseltier created a controversy within the liberal community when he criticized the work of African American scholar Cornel West in a 'New Republic' review. The responses to Wieseltier's article have raised important questions about how intellectual discourse should be conducted.

Political aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Criticism and interpretation, Liberalism, Wieseltier, Leon, Criticism (Philosophy), West, Cornel

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