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<br> Hayes has read widely and deeply and commands his material always. Organizing the material by genre and sub-genre rather than strictly by chronology makes the work highly readable and original. --Jerome Loving, author of Mark Twain: The Adventures of Samuel L. Clemens<br><br><p><br> Reading Kevin Hayes's personal tour through American literature is like chatting with a one-person book club, whose knowledge comes across in discussing the famous as well as overlooked and interesting writers. Rather than a chronological approach, Hayes takes us on a journey through different genres, making it easy to see how works cluster together by forms and themes. This is an enjoyable and informative read. --Joel Myerson, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook to Transcendentalism <br><br><p><br> Hayes' argument that American writing is obsessed with inventing the American person neatly and impressively comprehends the majority of American texts. -- First Things<p><br>

<br> Hayes has read widely and deeply and commands his material always. Organizing the material by genre and sub-genre rather than strictly by chronology makes the work highly readable and original. --Jerome Loving, author of Mark Twain: The Adventures of Samuel L. Clemens<p><br> Reading Kevin Hayes's personal tour through American literature is like chatting with a one-person book club, whose knowledge comes across in discussing the famous as well as overlooked and interesting writers. Rather than a chronological approach, Hayes takes us on a journey through different genres, making it easy to see how works cluster together by forms and themes. This is an enjoyable and informative read. --Joel Myerson, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook to Transcendentalism <p><br> Hayes' argument that American writing is obsessed with inventing the American person neatly and impressively comprehends the majority of American texts. -- First Things<p><br> A Journey Through American Literature is a delightful collection of insight, excerpts, and advice. With the book as a guide, readers are likely to approach American writing with better understanding and appreciation, sampling Faulkner with less fear and viewing Seinfeld with more respect. -- ForeWord<p><br> Valuing concision and clarity, [Hayes] offers reasonable, clear critical assessments. And his canvas is comprehensive, covering both iconic texts and obscure works often relegated to the historical footnote...Recommended. --Choice<p><br> I would like put this book into the hands of graduate and undergraduate students of American literature to help them develop a sense of the scope of possibility for future scholarship in the field--and into the hands of many of my colleagues, to remind us what we used to stay up late talking about. --Studies in American Naturalism<p><br>

<br> Hayes has read widely and deeply and commands his material always. Organizing the material by genre and sub-genre rather than strictly by chronology makes the work highly readable and original. --Jerome Loving, author of Mark Twain: The Adventures of Samuel L. Clemens<p><br> Reading Kevin Hayes's personal tour through American literature is like chatting with a one-person book club, whose knowledge comes across in discussing the famous as well as overlooked and interesting writers. Rather than a chronological approach, Hayes takes us on a journey through different genres, making it easy to see how works cluster together by forms and themes. This is an enjoyable and informative read. --Joel Myerson, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook to Transcendentalism <p><br>

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Kevin J. Hayes is Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma and the author of The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson.

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