To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history.
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The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.
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Birth: | 8th March, 1917 |
Death: | 29th January, 2003 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Critic |
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