Interpretations of American Literature Author:Charles Feidelson, Jr. and Paul Brodtkorb, Jr. (ed.) This is a collection of interpretive essays on major works, major writers, and a few major strains of american literature. It is designed to give both the student and the inquiring reader new perspectives on our best known authors and their works. — All of the essays are of relatively recent date, and illustrate vividly the variety of methods of... more » preoccupations in today's discussions of American writing. The colleciton represents some of the finest contemporary critical thinking, and includes articles by such eminent scholars as Allen Tate, Lionel Trilling, and Alfred Kazin.« less