The American Canon by Harold Bloom
Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon
A compact, polemical study that defines and defends a distinctive American literary canon by arguing for criteria of literary genius and offering close readings of major writers from Emerson through Pynchon. It traces lines of influence and imaginative innovation, emphasizes originality and aesthetic autonomy, and challenges relativistic or politically driven critical trends that, the critic contends, undermine enduring standards of artistic excellence in American letters.
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