The Dream of the Great American Novel
by Lawrence Buell
Harvard University Press (Inbooks), $59.95 hb, 579 pp, 9780674051157
Literary Studies
The Dream of the Great American Novel by Lawrence Buell
by James Ley •
Well, it’s Moby-Dick, obviously. Except when it’s Huckleberry Finn or Absalom, Absalom! or Invisible Man or Gravity’s Rainbow. The Great Gatsby will often do, if one is pressed for time.
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The Dream of the Great American Novel
by Lawrence Buell
Harvard University Press (Inbooks), $59.95 hb, 579 pp, 9780674051157
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