American literature Quote by Christopher Dawson

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or…

— Margaret Fuller

In America there is really very little knowledge of the literature of the rest of the world. Of the literature of Latin America, yes,…

— Chinua Achebe

With some exceptions in science fiction and other genres I have small difficulty in avoiding anything that could be called American literature. I feel…

— Kingsley Amis

Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative form, with…

— Katie Kitamura

The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world…

— Sam Shepard

One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent.

— Justin Cronin

English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature…

— Paula Gunn Allen

I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it.

— Jessa Crispin

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

If literature survives at all, it is as retreat for those who refuse to assimilate to American mass culture.

— Sven Birkerts

American literature has always been immigrant.

— Salman Rushdie

“Let me be very clear. For me geography does not exist! I strongly object to the whole concept of “foreign literature”...and speaking of national…

— Antonio Lobo Antunes