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— Tayari Jones"The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature."
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One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent.
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The aim of poetry, it appears, is to fill the mind with lofty thoughts--not to give it joy, but to give it a grand and somewhat gaudy sense of virtue. The essay is a weapon against the degenerate tendencies of the age. The novel, properly conceived, is a means of uplifting the spirit; its aim is to inspire, not merely to satisfy the low curiosity of man in man.
— H. L. Mencken
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