Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780811202305ISBN:0811202305
Description: Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0811202305 1956----Eighth Printing------keywords: LITERATURE MODERN CLASSIC FICTION------Very Good Trade Paperback---No Creasing to Covers or Spine---No Tears to to Covers or Spine------Has Minimal Notes in Margin--of Text-----No Previous Owners Name--------Not Ex-Library Copy-----No Remainder Marks-----Not Book Club Edition---------from Smoke-Free Environment-----234 Pages. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780811202305ISBN:0811202305
Description: VG Used, Very Good in VG jacket. SOFT COVER, VG/VG, New Directions, 1956, Second Edition, 0.8 in. H x 7.9 in. L x 5.2 in. W, 9.3 oz. This copy has visible but minimal creasing of the spine, has a name, inscription, stamp or some other indications of previous ownership, is in otherwise Very Good condition. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780811202305ISBN:0811202305
Description: Good+ Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Good Plus condition. Covers have some edgewear, lightly bumped tips. NO crease in spine, NO slant. Pages very good, clean, tight, unmarked. Small dampstain on fore-edge. 234 pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions, New York
Date Published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780811202305ISBN:0811202305
Description: Good. First printing. 235 pgs. Previous owner's name on first page. Unmarked text. Binding is cracked, but no pages are loose. Exterior is slightly worn. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 01/1956
ISBN-13:9780811202305ISBN:0811202305
Description: Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. prev. owner's embossed name seal on title page; some edge/corner wear. New Directions Paperbook, 53. Later printing. 0. 76" x 7. 93" x 5. 24". Designed by Gregory, H. read more
Description: Good. 0811202305 GOOD READAB; E COPY, HAS BEEN IN A BOX FOR MANY YEARS. NAME INSCRIBED ON BACK OF FRONT COVER, LOTS OF SHELF OR BOX WEAR. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780811202305ISBN:0811202305
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. gently used. No markings. FASY shipping. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. New Directions Paperbook, 53. Audience: General/trade. read more
"What it lacks as a book, it makes up in other ways. Through a series of historical sketches, Williams tries to suss out what it means to be, first a person, then a writer in America. It is to his very great credit that when he can't exactly answer the question, he doesn't guess or cheat... he feels towards an answer, goes as far as the language will take him, leaving us with a sort of impressionist historical criticism that will mean different things to different people and at different stages of life in the reader. Some parts (especially long quotations from Columbus, Mather, and Franklin) can be dull, but they are important in the project. This book is a project, art attempting in an essential way to be something more than play. For the most part it seems as hopeless as Aaron Burr trying to start a breakaway empire in the trans-Appalachian wilderness. I guess this book did not become the foundation of anything, but maybe it still could be."
"A unique take on the American character. Takes an expansive view of "America"--including a discussion of the Spanish conquest of America, which reminds me of Octavio Paz's argument that North and Latin America are separated by different religious worldviews (Catholic and Protestant). Williams is at his best in criticizing the Puritan origin of the United States and how it has contributed to a culture of fear (best expressed through the utiliatrianism of Benjamin Franklin)"
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