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A Manual of American Literature | Nova Science Publishers

Theodore Stanton Series: Fine Arts, Music and Literature BISAC: LCO002000

This book has been made a Memorial Volume out of compliment to American literature and is dedicated, with his permission, to President Roosevelt. This book presents an interesting evidence of the growth of the popularity of American literature in Europe and strives to show the high appreciation for American authors. (Imprint: SNOVA)

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This week, the National Book Awards longlists for young people’s literature, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction were announced. The nominated titles include Tracy K. Smith’s Ordinary Light, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Sally Mann’s Hold Still, Angela Flournoy’s The Turner House, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, and Nell Zink’s Mislaid; writing from and about these books & authors can be found on Literary Hub at the above links!

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Book 43: Aspects of the Novel, by E.M. Forster

This may actually be Book 42.5 since I zoned out for about half of it.

It's a series of lectures about fiction writing that Forster gave at Cambridge University in 1927.  I like reading books about books, but I couldn't get completely behind this one.

I started really paying attention midway through the book, around page 75 when he talks about characters in Jane Austen's novels.

I believe that part of the problem is that I'm not too familiar with the examples, mostly Victorian literature, that he uses. I only head superficial exposure to that period (i.e., Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, etc...) so couldn't agree or disagree. I liked his analysis of Austen since I read all her books.

I did come away with wanting to read Moby Dick. It seems intimidating, but I think I may enjoy it. Bialoksy also used some moving passages from Moby Dick that piqued my interest when reading Book 42,History of a Suicide.