American
authors. How about we talk about American authors. Guess what I didn't
study in college? Ok, lots of things, but those especially. I did 19th
century British and French lit, and when I asked if I could take one
American lit class and have it count for my major, the head of the
Comparative Lit department said "NO ENGLAND AND AMERICA ARE DIFFERENT CULTURES YOU STAY
AWAY; MORE BALZAC FOR YOU."
Add to that my high school's horrible English Department, and I've read pretty much nothing of what I'm supposed to read. Here are the authors I think of when I hear about American authors:
Ernest Hemingway William Faulkner John Updike John Irving Jack London
And...others. I guess. I've read at least one book by most of the American ladies, because I'm a ladyist, and I've read enough Steinbeck (although is there ever really enough, people?), and probably enough James, Twain, and Hawthorne. But American literature is SO DOMINATED BY DUDES. Partic…
Add to that my high school's horrible English Department, and I've read pretty much nothing of what I'm supposed to read. Here are the authors I think of when I hear about American authors:
Ernest Hemingway William Faulkner John Updike John Irving Jack London
And...others. I guess. I've read at least one book by most of the American ladies, because I'm a ladyist, and I've read enough Steinbeck (although is there ever really enough, people?), and probably enough James, Twain, and Hawthorne. But American literature is SO DOMINATED BY DUDES. Partic…