The American Mystery: American Literature from Emerson to DeLillo

About this book

The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. With a foreword by Edward Said and an introduction by Ian Bell which place Tanners work in the larger context of critical approaches to American literature and culture this book brings together Tanners essays on a wide range of key American authors. Exploring writers as diverse as Melville Emerson Henry James DeLillo and Pynchon it offers an introduction to the major figures and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature.