Studies in Classic American Literature Author:D. H. L:awrence D. H. Lawrence set down his interpretation of what were for him the significant American books: Franklin's Autobiography, Cooper's Leatherstocking novels, certain of Poe's Gothic tales, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, Whitman's Leaves of Grass. His opinions on these and other works are often startling, sometimes extreme, never dull; they reflect... more » the same moral passion and visionary grasp of essentials found in his novels.« less