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The Holy Trinity of American literature

>> No.18291698

Melville, Whitman and Dickinson

>> No.18291718
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THE AVERAGE UNITEDSTATIAN IS AKIN TO THOSE VILLAGERS IN THE EM NIGHT SHYAMALAN «MOVIE» TITLED: «THE VILLAGE» (2004): BORDERLINE BARBARIC, CREDULOUS, WITH THE MENTAL PURVIEW OF A MYOPIC ANT, IGNORANT OF THE WORLD BEYOND HIS COUNTRY, HIS STATE, OR EVEN HIS TOWN.

>> No.18291737

For me, it’s the roaring twenties Americans

>Fitzgerald
>Hemingway
>Faulkner

>> No.18291763

>>18291698
I think you've got it right. If you could choose a four, I'd just add Emerson there.

>> No.18291772

>>18291682
were the black queens at tho

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>>18291718
SUCH A SIDE OF YOUTH WITHOUT PRESENCE OF THE TRUTH, WITH ITS FORMING SELF-RELIEF ANTICHRISTIC IDEALS, ITS CONVERSION OF THE EVIL OF HINDUS INTO THE GOOD CHRISTIAN WHILE SENDING OUT ALL INCOMING STRANGE VIRUSES TO AGRO-FASCISTS BRIEFING THAT THERE IS NO RADICAL TERRORISM IN AFRICA, IT IS ONLY “HINDU GODLESSISM” THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS. A VERY SICK AND TRIGGERED GENERATION. THE AVERAGE UNITEDSTATIAN IS A HERETIC OF A NEWGENKIND WITH BIG GOD, BIG LIBERTY, AND BIG ILLNESS, ALL OF WHICH IS RARE.

>> No.18291792

>>18291682
No, it's Melville, Whitman, and Emerson.

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>>18291682
Wolfe, McCarthy, Melville

>> No.18292058

>>18291682
As far as talent goes, Melville would certainly be at the top, but as far as 'American' goes, I'd be hesitant to put Melville in the top 3.

Those authors who are quintessentially American I would believe to be:
Steinbeck, Frost, and Emerson

>> No.18292064

People who downplay Hawthorne don't really understand or appreciate how important he is to the American tradition. I blame the Scarlet Letter. His style is timeless.

>> No.18292066

Forgot to add what I think top 3 is: I'd say it's Melville, Hawthorne, Updike. Masters of style in the American tradition.

>> No.18292074

>>18291718
you say this like i am supposed to believe a faggot named "cumgenius" who talks like a self-important robot is actually involved with the local politics in his area. of course the worst tripfag is a faggot european who obsesses over america

>> No.18292077

>>18292064
Never read Scarlet Letter in high school. Is it bad?

>> No.18292083

>>18292064
What are Hawthorne’s essential works outside of Scarlet Letter

>> No.18292089

>>18292083
Twice Told Tales
Tanglewood Tales
House of Seven Gables
that should keep you occupied