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American Literature Quotes

The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs has yet to settle like a miasma of standardization on the English literary scene. But it’s beginning to happen Picture Quote #1

I don’t aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature Picture Quote #1

I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature Picture Quote #1

It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway’s influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still Picture Quote #1

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic Picture Quote #1

Not only are most of our citizens fathomlessly ignorant of the glories of American literature, a fast-growing percentage of our students are no longer taught much about any works of American art, be they novels, paintings, symphonies or ballets Picture Quote #1

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I look at western literature and especially North American literature, and I feel like it gets bogged down so much with all of that, with domestic stories and relationships and a woman dealing with the loss of her husband Picture Quote #1

When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American literature. I became interested in the way that American writers used metaphoric language, starting with Emerson Picture Quote #1

If American literature has a few heroes, Miller is one of them. He refused to name names at the McCarthy hearings, and his play ‘The Crucible’ analysed the hearings in the context of a previous American mass psychosis, the Salem witch trials Picture Quote #1

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore Picture Quote #1

Some people might be surprised that ‘Rambo’s creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I’m writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world Picture Quote #1

I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction Picture Quote #1

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If you read Islamic creationist literature, it’s pretty much lifted from American evangelical literature Picture Quote #1

All good American literature is always interested in people who are ambiguously heroic, like Gatsby Picture Quote #1

I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can’t even engage with it Picture Quote #1

No, Margaret Atwood writes literature, whereas I write fiction. I’m from the American Midwest, so literature is beyond my abilities Picture Quote #1

I think if German literature could survive the 40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google Picture Quote #1

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn’t wait to leave Picture Quote #1

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I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it Picture Quote #1

[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is what has made it a great American novel and the most widely read book in American Literature around the world today Picture Quote #1

If literature survives at all, it is as retreat for those who refuse to assimilate to American mass culture Picture Quote #1

In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February Picture Quote #1

When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master’s program and studied American literature Picture Quote #1

By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions, literature and movies, and an unsuspected sexual aid, the automobile Picture Quote #1

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We must strike down the insidious lie that a book is the creation of an individual soul labouring in isolation. We must strike it down because it threatens the overall quality and breadth of American literature Picture Quote #1

All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American literature is stuck in one idea: sort of spiritual, environmentalist Indians. And I want to portray everyday lives. I think by doing that, by portraying the ordinary lives of Indians, perhaps people learn something new Picture Quote #1

At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham’s ‘Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.’ To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester’s works and the little urn that contains my mother’s ashes Picture Quote #1

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World Picture Quote #1

I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style Picture Quote #1

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter Picture Quote #1

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The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs has yet to settle like a miasma of standardization on the English literary scene. But it’s beginning to happen. (American Literature Quotes) I don’t aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature (American Literature Quotes) I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature (American Literature Quotes) It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway’s influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still. (American Literature Quotes) I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. (American Literature Quotes) Not only are most of our citizens fathomlessly ignorant of the glories of American literature, a fast-growing percentage of our students are no longer taught much about any works of American art, be they novels, paintings, symphonies or ballets. (American Literature Quotes) I look at western literature and especially North American literature, and I feel like it gets bogged down so much with all of that, with domestic stories and relationships and a woman dealing with the loss of her husband. (American Literature Quotes) When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American literature. I became interested in the way that American writers used metaphoric language, starting with Emerson. (American Literature Quotes) If American literature has a few heroes, Miller is one of them. He refused to name names at the McCarthy hearings, and his play ‘The Crucible’ analysed the hearings in the context of a previous American mass psychosis, the Salem witch trials. (American Literature Quotes) It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore. (American Literature Quotes) Some people might be surprised that ‘Rambo’s creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I’m writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world. (American Literature Quotes) I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction (American Literature Quotes) If you read Islamic creationist literature, it’s pretty much lifted from American evangelical literature. (American Literature Quotes) All good American literature is always interested in people who are ambiguously heroic, like Gatsby. (American Literature Quotes) I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can’t even engage with it. (American Literature Quotes) No, Margaret Atwood writes literature, whereas I write fiction. I’m from the American Midwest, so literature is beyond my abilities. (American Literature Quotes) I think if German literature could survive the 40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google. (American Literature Quotes) It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn’t wait to leave. (American Literature Quotes) I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it. (American Literature Quotes) [Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is what has made it a great American novel and the most widely read book in American Literature around the world today. (American Literature Quotes) If literature survives at all, it is as retreat for those who refuse to assimilate to American mass culture. (American Literature Quotes) In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February (American Literature Quotes) When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master’s program and studied American literature (American Literature Quotes) By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions, literature and movies, and an unsuspected sexual aid, the automobile (American Literature Quotes) We must strike down the insidious lie that a book is the creation of an individual soul labouring in isolation. We must strike it down because it threatens the overall quality and breadth of American literature (American Literature Quotes) All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American literature is stuck in one idea: sort of spiritual, environmentalist Indians. And I want to portray everyday lives. I think by doing that, by portraying the ordinary lives of Indians, perhaps people learn something new (American Literature Quotes) At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham’s ‘Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.’ To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester’s works and the little urn that contains my mother’s ashes (American Literature Quotes) American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World (American Literature Quotes) I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style (American Literature Quotes) American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter (American Literature Quotes)

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