The American Classics – A Personal Essay

''Donoghue' great gifts of intelligence and scholarship, judgment and wit are all on display here in first-rate form. Like the American classics he analyzes, this book makes powerful claims on our attention. '' Stephen Railton, University of Virginia 

''Donoghue's confrontations with five classic American authors are fresh and provocative-not least in their willingness to link his writers' concerns with current political issues.A must-read for all Americanists.'' 

Joel Porte, author of Consciousness and culture