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A Field Guide to the Darker Side of American Literature
Original: A Field Guide to the Dark, Sexy Swamp of American Literature
The New York Times has published an essay calling American literature a 'dark, sexy swamp', offering a guided tour through its moody, seductive classics. The piece surveys the gothic and morally murky strains of the national canon, and readers of the books section are sharing and debating which authors and works best fit that description.
Why now: A prominent Times essay offering a provocative new framing of the American literary canon has struck a chord with readers.
The New York TimesAmerican literature
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- A Field Guide to the Dark, Sexy Swamp of American Literature · The New York Times
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