Recovering American Literature. From: National Review | Date: June 27, 1994| Author: Hart, Jeffrey | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This book is much more than literary criticism, though it comments brilliantly on five major American novels and one important novena. It is a cultural moment. Mr. Shaw is like Conrad's Marlow journeying up the Congo River to Mr. Kurtz at the Inner Station. Here, the Inner Station is our current academic culture, and its Professor Kurtz is indeed a "remarkable man," or, more frequently, a remarkable woman. As Irving Kristol has written of this book, "Even those who try to keep up w...

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