A New Literary History of America

September 17, 2009 1 min read

<h4>Harvard University Press, September 2009</h4><h5>Edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors</h5>

This compilation of original essays features a myriad of voices from Harvard. Ingrid Monson, Peter Sacks, Cass Sunstein, Helen Vendler, and others take on Americana’s finest: porn, country music, and J.D. Salinger.

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