Which American (classic?) book should I read for my term paper?
We just got assigned a term paper in English. The assignment is to read a
book or play of our choice by an American author and write an essay on it.
We are not restricted in our choice of book or author, but it is
recommended that the book have ten pieces of literary criticism available
for us to use as sources. So I am thinking that a classic
would be the way to go. Some that l thought l might consider are... Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Has anyone had any experience with these books/authors? If so, what would you recommend? Oh, feel free to recommend me anything else.
Death of a Salesman is a great one
I'd go with George O'Neills ''A Long Day is Journey into Night''
- Excellent play
try anything by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne Du Marier The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Uncle Tom is Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (although it is loooong).. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (fast read & very good book!) The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne I am not sure if this is considered a classic but you should ask ur teacher about it cuz it should be. It is based on the Vietnam War & it contains all the elements of the classics. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Hemingway is a bore.
I liked Red Badge of Courage.
I'd also branch out from that genre of literature into something a bit
more. adventurous. Try Robert Heinlein is Stranger in a Strange Land. Many
of the ideas in that book started the hippie movement back in the 60s, and has symbolism galore. One of the best science fiction books ever written. People have done doctoral theses on this book.
i would go The Red Badge of Courage.
FYI-the ''Red Badge'' refers to the bandage worn to cover a wound received
in battle, and the unseen psychological wound that comes with it.
Hi there,
I don't like Hemingway, and I dearly hate Faulkner, so I wouldn't go with
either. A few novels I can recommend are:
- Toni Morrison, Beloved
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
- Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club - John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men Cheers S Edit: Stephy - Jane Austen is most certainly NOT American.
These are fine choices and you should be able to get a lot of
lit. criticism on all of them. I recommend The Bridge of San Luis Rey,
The Red Badge of Courage and Death of a Salesman. Other books, not on
your list, that I'd recommend are The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and The Awakening by Kate
Chopin.
Good luck with your paper!
'tess of the d'urbavilles' was a great classic book. Im not
sure who the author was tho.
How about ''To Kill a Mockingbird''?
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