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Studies in Classic American Literature

D.H. Lawrence

Studies in Classic American Literature is a work of literary criticism by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It was first published by Thomas Seltzer in the United States in August 1923. The British edition was published in June 1924 by Martin Secker.

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“Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it”

D.H. Lawrence book Studies in Classic American Literature

Studies in Classic American Literature (1923)

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“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.”

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