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High Spots Of American Literature
Author: Merle Johnson

Text extracted from opening pages of book: HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE by < t* kterle Johnson Compiler of A Bibliography of Mark Twain, A Bibliographic Check List of James Branch Cabdl, American First Editions, etc., etc. A PRACTICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF LITERARY ESTIMATE OF OUTSTANDING AMERICAN BOOKS BE... more »NNETT BOOK STUDIOS, INC. 1929 COPYRIGHT 1929, BY PRINTED IW THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE IN THREE PARTS PART I SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE A COLLECTION IN FIRST EDITION HIGH SPOTS, referring to those literary land marks that rise above mediocrity. The Old World, through the test of years and culture^ has a definite list of such landmarks. The New World 5 having been busy with physical moun tains and prairies, now turns to view what emi nences of song and story have been created in the march from Ocean to Ocean; the New World seeks to know what of aesthetic spirit it possesses, be yond cities and factories and mines. Partly this arises from the desire to round out the sense of accomplishment and power, partly from a wish to preserve in a future of speed and change those things from the past that are really of vital or eminent worth. AMERICAN, in this connection means North American ( not to confuse with the America South of us). Those to the north of us speak the same official language, come of the same racial roots, have passed through the same pioneer struggles; in addition many of their men of literary promi nence have spent years south of the border, and have had their works issued first in the United States. South America, with its Latin culture 3 SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE and language, has yet to develop many world recognized voices ( though that must soon come) and their literature is practically unread as yet in North America. LITERATURE, in the sense of general and permanent interest, as opposed to the importance of the moment, scientific or technical; not mere records of facts and events, but contributions to our understanding of life in the present and fu ture: books containing a point of view as well as a narrative; books with the story of human emotions, struggles, and aspirations common to all the time of man. However, I do not overlook the idea that this particular collection, being by American authors, should give some picture of the American scene. The Scarlet Letter, The Fir ginian, The Covered Wagon, To Have and to Hold, among others, paint authentic pictures of history. Many of the books in this collection, such as Ben Hur and Men of Iron, have no American back ground. Other things being equal, I have chosen those which have the American setting; In Ole Virginia, Old Creole Days, present pictures of the old South; The Covered Wagon, Wolf wile, The Luck of Roaring Camp, show the pioneer West; even the trail of dialect which will one day simmer down to the Great American Language is repre sented in Uncle Remus, The Four Million, Hans Breitmann's Party, etc. It is my intention to 4

ISBN-13: 9781406767407
ISBN-10: 1406767409
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 136
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Publisher: Johnson Press
Book Type: Paperback
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