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An apologia (Latin for apology, from Ancient Greek: ἀπολογία, lit. ' speaking in defense ' ) is a formal defense of an opinion, position or action.
The main body of The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, however, is focused upon an overview of the classic canon of English literature extending from Beowulf to Evelyn Waugh. There is another chapter after this discussing American literature from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Flannery O'Connor. Each chapter has:
The term apologetics derives from the Ancient Greek word apologia (ἀπολογία). [1] In the Classical Greek legal system, the prosecution delivered the kategoria (κατηγορία), the accusation or charge, and the defendant replied with an apologia, the defence. [5] The apologia was a formal speech or explanation to reply to and rebut ...
F. O. Matthiessen: originated the concept "American Renaissance" Perry Miller: Puritan studies; Henry Nash Smith: founder of the "Myth and Symbol School" of American criticism; Leo Marx: The Machine in the Garden (study of technology and culture) Leslie Fiedler: Love and Death in the American Novel; Stanley Fish: Pragmatism
The scholarly journal American Literature was first published in 1929. [5] In 1989 the American Literature Association, a coalition of 110 affiliated societies mostly concerned with the work of a particular author (e.g. the Emily Dickinson International Society or the Thoreau Society), was organized. [6]
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Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.
The Lights of Home: a century of Latin American writers in Paris. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-94013-9. Standish, Peter (2001). Understanding Julio Cortázar (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature). University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-390-2. Questions of the Liminal in the Fiction of Julio Cortázar ...