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5. Sept. 2023 · by Philip Roth. Start Free Trial. Analysis. PDF Cite Share. Felicita Burton, Ph.D. | Certified Educator. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Philip Roth looks back to a golden age of American...
- The Great American Novel Characters
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- The Great American Novel
Philip Roth’s “The Great American Novel” describes the...
- The Great American Novel Characters
The Great American Novel (sometimes abbreviated as GAN) is the term for a canonical novel that generally embodies and examines the essence and character of the United States. The term was coined by John William De Forest in an 1868 essay and later shortened to GAN.
9. Jan. 2017 · [T]he Great American Novel is a moving target and that the space is filled by a novel that in any particular time best fulfills three main criteria: Ubiquity: It has to be a novel that a relatively large number of Americans have read, and that a large proportion of those who haven’t read it know about in other ways (for example, by ...
13. Nov. 2022 · Albeit an object of satire and overreach, the 'Great American Novel' remains a vital concept in American literature, encouraging writers to capture the essence of national culture and history, argues Lawrence Buell, Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University.
136–157. Published: March 2012. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. This chapter examines the long-standing literary ideal of the great American novel. It first traces the origins of this famous phrase.
