410 What Is American Literature? (with Ilan Stavans)
The History of Literature
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What Is American Literature by Elan Stavens
America is being approached at all different angles. How does one begin to define such a place? And literature itself is pretty slippery. So how do we dig in? Well, here at the history of literature prodcast, we'd look for help. One such guide comes in the form of this book that's in my hand. Now, what is american literature by elan stavens,. The lewis sibring professor in latin America and five college fortieth anniversary professor at amherst college. He's also the publisher at restless books and the host of the npr podcast. Will give you a taste of his thinking and his project afterwards.
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