{"product_id":"studies-in-classic-american-literature-isbn-9780140183771","title":"Studies in Classic American Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Nobody ever read [the great old books] like Lawrence did—as madly, as wildly or as insightfully. . . . You will be jolted awake.” —A. O. Scott, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawrence 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 in Classic American Literature is valuable not only for the light it sheds on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American consciousness, telling 'the truth of the day', but also as a prime example of Lawrence's learning, passion and integrity of judgement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.1. The Spirit of Place\u003cbr\u003e2. Benjamin Franklin\u003cbr\u003e3. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur\u003cbr\u003e4. Fenimore Cooper's White Novels\u003cbr\u003e5. Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Novels\u003cbr\u003e6. Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003e7. Nathaniel Hawthorne and \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Hawthorne's \u003ci\u003eBlithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Dana's \u003ci\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOmoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Whitman“Nobody ever read [the great old books] like Lawrence did—as madly, as wildly or as insightfully. . . . With its one-sentence paragraphs (“Flop goes spiritual love.”), jabbing exclamations (“Freedom!”), semi-rhetorical questions (“But what of Walt Whitman?”) and heavy use of italics and all-caps, the book can read like a scroll of social-media rants. Its manner is neither respectable nor respectful. . . . Lawrence’s bristling, inflamed, impertinent language provides a reminder that criticism is not just the work of the brain, but of the gut and the spleen as well. The intellectual refinement of his argument—fine-grained evaluations of style and form that still startle with their incisiveness; breathtaking conceptual leaps from history to myth and back again—is unthinkable without the churn of instinct and feeling beneath it. . . . You will be jolted awake.” —\u003cb\u003eA. O. Scott, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eD.H. Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (1885-1930), English novelist, storywriter, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Among his works, \u003ci\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1913, \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e in 1915, \u003ci\u003eWomen In Love\u003c\/i\u003e in 1920, and many others.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44866309783781,"sku":"NP9780140183771","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140183771.jpg?v=1767737459","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/studies-in-classic-american-literature-isbn-9780140183771","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}