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Examines America's indebtedness to the European literary tradition and its more recent role in its evolution. Explores Europe's importance in molding 19th century American masters: Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Crane. Examines European visions of America in Amerika (Kafka), and Poet in New York (Garcia Lorca), closing on the influence of Faulkner on the nouveau roman, and of existentialism on Richard Wright.
Examines America's indebtedness to the European literary tradition and its more recent role in its evolution. Explores Europe's importance in molding 19th century American masters: Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Crane. Examines European visions of America in Amerika (Kafka), and Poet in New York (Garcia Lorca), closing on the influence of Faulkner on the nouveau roman, and of existentialism on Richard Wright.