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    Cover: Melville’s <i>Israel Potter</i>: Reflections on the American DreamMelville’s Israel Potter: Reflections on the American DreamKeyssar, AlexanderPAPERBACK01/01/1969$2.70Currently unavailable
    Cover: The Spider in the Cup: Yoknapatawpha County’s Fall into the UnknowableThe Spider in the Cup: Yoknapatawpha County’s Fall into the UnknowableFried, Barbara H.PAPERBACK04/19/1978$4.50
    Cover: The Visionary Betrayed: Aesthetic Discontinuity in Henry James’s <i>The American Scene</i>The Visionary Betrayed: Aesthetic Discontinuity in Henry James’s The American SceneFurth, David L.PAPERBACK01/25/1980$4.50Currently unavailable
    Cover: Emerson: Prospect and RetrospectEmerson: Prospect and RetrospectPorte, JoelPAPERBACK11/01/1982$9.95Currently unavailable
    Cover: The Book the Poet Makes: Collection and Re-Collection in W. B. Yeats’s <i>The Tower</i> and Robert Lowell’s <i>Life Studies</i>The Book the Poet Makes: Collection and Re-Collection in W. B. Yeats’s The Tower and Robert Lowell’s Life StudiesNohrnberg, Peter C. L.PAPERBACK08/20/1995$12.50
    Cover: Hawthorne’s Conception of the Creative ProcessHawthorne’s Conception of the Creative ProcessJacobson, Richard J.PAPERBACK01/01/1965$16.50Currently unavailable
    Cover: Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of ManBeing Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of ManBennett, JoshuaPAPERBACK02/08/2022$18.95
    Cover: The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of IndependenceThe Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of IndependenceRakove, Jack N.PAPERBACK10/22/2012$19.00
    Cover: John Keats, 1795–1995: With a Catalogue of the Harvard Keats CollectionJohn Keats, 1795–1995: With a Catalogue of the Harvard Keats CollectionLibrary, Harvard University HoughtonPAPERBACK05/31/2005$20.00
    Cover: Uses of LiteratureUses of LiteratureEngel, MonroePAPERBACK01/01/1973$20.50
    Cover: American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights EraAmerican Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights EraBlight, David W.PAPERBACK10/07/2013$22.00
    Cover: Dickinson: Selected Poems and CommentariesDickinson: Selected Poems and CommentariesVendler, HelenPAPERBACK10/29/2012$24.00
    Cover: The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative WritingThe Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative WritingMcGurl, MarkPAPERBACK11/30/2011$25.00
    Cover: Thin Culture, High Art: Gogol, Hawthorne, and Authorship in Nineteenth-Century Russia and AmericaThin Culture, High Art: Gogol, Hawthorne, and Authorship in Nineteenth-Century Russia and AmericaLounsbery, AnnePAPERBACK02/28/2007$27.50
    Cover: Ugly FeelingsUgly FeelingsNgai, SiannePAPERBACK03/01/2007$28.00
    Cover: Du Bois’s Telegram: Literary Resistance and State ContainmentDu Bois’s Telegram: Literary Resistance and State ContainmentSpahr, JulianaHARDCOVER10/23/2018$29.95
    Cover: Song of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Fight for DemocracySong of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Fight for DemocracyEdmundson, MarkHARDCOVER04/13/2021$29.95
    Cover: An American ProcessionAn American ProcessionKazin, AlfredPAPERBACK03/01/1996$30.00
    Cover: The Blithedale RomanceThe Blithedale RomanceHawthorne, NathanielPAPERBACK04/01/2010$30.00
    Cover: The Damnation of Theron WareThe Damnation of Theron WareFrederic, Harold
    Carter, Everett    		PAPERBACK09/01/1996$30.00
    Cover: The Dream of the Great American NovelThe Dream of the Great American NovelBuell, LawrencePAPERBACK05/09/2016$30.00
    Cover: The Emergence of American Literary Narrative, 1820-1860The Emergence of American Literary Narrative, 1820-1860Arac, JonathanPAPERBACK09/30/2005$30.00
    Cover: Essays in Honor of James Edward Walsh: On His Sixty-Fifth BirthdayEssays in Honor of James Edward Walsh: On His Sixty-Fifth BirthdayBond, William H.PAPERBACK05/31/2005$30.00
    Cover: Ethnic ModernismEthnic ModernismSollors, WernerPAPERBACK11/30/2008$30.00
    Cover: A New Literary History of AmericaA New Literary History of AmericaMarcus, Greil
    Sollors, Werner    		PAPERBACK05/07/2012$30.00
    Cover: Picturing Emerson: An IconographyPicturing Emerson: An IconographyMyerson, Joel
    Wilson, Leslie Perrin    		PAPERBACK05/08/2017$30.00
    Cover: The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading EditionThe Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading EditionDickinson, Emily
    Franklin, R. W.    		PAPERBACK10/28/2005$30.00
    Cover: Reporting the UniverseReporting the UniverseDoctorow, E. L.PAPERBACK09/30/2004$30.00
    Cover: Romantic Poets, Critics, and Other MadmenRomantic Poets, Critics, and Other MadmenRosen, CharlesPAPERBACK04/10/2000$30.00
    Cover: Wallace Stevens: Words Chosen Out of DesireWallace Stevens: Words Chosen Out of DesireVendler, HelenPAPERBACK11/18/1986$30.00
    Cover: A New Theory for American Poetry: Democracy, the Environment, and the Future of ImaginationA New Theory for American Poetry: Democracy, the Environment, and the Future of ImaginationFletcher, AngusPAPERBACK03/15/2006$30.50
    Cover: Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson ValleyPossessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson ValleyRichardson, JudithPAPERBACK10/31/2005$30.50
    Cover: EmersonEmersonBuell, LawrencePAPERBACK09/30/2004$31.00
    Cover: Strangers in the Land: Blacks, Jews, Post-Holocaust AmericaStrangers in the Land: Blacks, Jews, Post-Holocaust AmericaSundquist, Eric J.PAPERBACK02/28/2009$31.00
    Cover: Walden’s Shore: Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century ScienceWalden’s Shore: Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century ScienceThorson, Robert M.PAPERBACK09/07/2015$31.00
    Cover: In Defence of the ImaginationIn Defence of the ImaginationGardner, HelenPAPERBACK01/01/1984$31.50
    Cover: American Protest LiteratureAmerican Protest LiteratureTrodd, ZoePAPERBACK04/30/2008$33.00
    Cover: Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970Dickstein, MorrisPAPERBACK04/30/2002$33.00
    Cover: The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read ThemThe Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read ThemBurt, StephanieHARDCOVER09/12/2016$33.00
    Cover: Reading the Early RepublicReading the Early RepublicFerguson, Robert A.PAPERBACK09/30/2006$33.00
    Cover: The Passion of Emily DickinsonThe Passion of Emily DickinsonFarr, JudithPAPERBACK07/15/1998$33.50
    Cover: The Art of Telling: Essays on FictionThe Art of Telling: Essays on FictionKermode, FrankPAPERBACK01/01/1985$34.00
    Cover: Elizabeth Bishop: Questions of MasteryElizabeth Bishop: Questions of MasteryCostello, BonniePAPERBACK03/15/1993$34.00
    Cover: The American Enlightenment, 1750–1820The American Enlightenment, 1750–1820Ferguson, Robert A.PAPERBACK03/25/1997$34.50
    Cover: The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. CultureThe Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. CultureKaplan, AmyPAPERBACK03/15/2005$34.50
    Cover: The Language of War: Literature and Culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War IIThe Language of War: Literature and Culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War IIDawes, JamesPAPERBACK02/01/2005$34.50
    Cover: The Annotated EmersonThe Annotated EmersonEmerson, Ralph Waldo
    Mikics, David    		HARDCOVER02/07/2012$35.00
    Cover: Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early AmericasCotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early AmericasGruesz, Kirsten SilvaHARDCOVER07/05/2022$35.00
    Cover: Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, with a New PrefaceDeliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, with a New PrefaceLhamon, W. T.PAPERBACK05/31/2002$35.00
    Cover: The Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre, and Other Aspects of Popular CultureThe Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre, and Other Aspects of Popular CultureWarshow, RobertPAPERBACK01/30/2002$35.00
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