Truth’s Ragged Edge by Distinguished Professor Philip Gura continues to reap praise: “a nimble synthesis of a vital period in literary history, tracing our homegrown novel’s evolution from morality tale to self-aware interiority, traversing and incorporating the countless currents of regionalism, faith, urbanization, and exploration that swept across the nation’s early decades.” Read on.
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