Books referred to as a Great American Novel Great American Novel

^ italie, hillel. last of mohicans first great american novel . retrieved october 14, 2015. 
^ buell, lawrence. dream of great american novel . retrieved october 14, 2015.  there are, buell says, 4 main types of potential great american novels. nathaniel hawthorne’s scarlet letter epitomises first – cultural “master narrative”, identified such number of reinterpretations , imitations follow in wake.
^ buell, lawrence. unkillable dream of great american novel: moby-dick test case . american literary history volume 20, issue 1-2 pp. 132-155. retrieved october 26, 2010. 
^ fuller, randall. first great american novel . retrieved october 14, 2015. 
^ department of state, united states. adventures of tom sawyer . retrieved october 14, 2015.  considered 1 of great american novels...
^ brown, robert b. (june–july 1984). 1 hundred years of huck finn . american heritage publishing. retrieved december 10, 2011.  called “great american novel” 1891 english writer andrew lang... ”
^ columbia history of american novel emory elliott, cathy n. davidson p. 323 great gatsby (1925), work still nominated great american novel.
^ buell, lawrence (2014). dream of great american novel. belknap. 
^ c.e. morgan, [ light in august faulkner s great american novel daily beast aug. 16, 2012 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/16/c-e-morgan-light-in-august-is-faulkner-s-great-american-novel.html]. retrieved october 5, 2016.
^ hirsch, arthur (november 16, 1997). real great american novel: absalom, absalom! faulkner: ninth novel, span, revelation, american essence, stands above others in reaching literary absolute . baltimore sun. baltimore, md. retrieved september 21, 2010. 
^ gone wind . powell s books. archived original on december 10, 2013. retrieved october 5, 2016. heralded readers everywhere since publication in 1936 great american novel... 
^ gone wind, georgia public broadcasting. retrieved october 5, 2016. ( margaret mitchell’s epic novel of love , war has long been heralded great american novel. ).
^ hammond, margo (february 6, 2004). norman mailer on media , message . book babes. poynter institute. archived original on october 16, 2010. retrieved september 21, 2010.  norman mailer pulitzer prize winning literary critic, , opinion that: great american novel no longer writable. can t john dos passos did. trilogy on america came close great american novel anyone. can t cover of america now. s detailed.
^ dana, gioia. grapes of wrath radio show - transcript . big read. national endowment arts. retrieved september 22, 2010.  richard rodriguez famous american writer. in interview referred grapes of wrath great american novel: there hasn t been novel since written. , great american novel keeps waiting has been written now.
^ nixon, rob. grapes of wrath . month spotlight. turner classic movies. retrieved september 22, 2010.  nixon quotes john springer, author of fondas (citadel, 1973), book henry fonda , role in film version of grapes of wrath: great american novel made 1 of few enduring great american motion pictures.
^ warnes, andrew. bigger vision: richard wright s native son , great american novel . retrieved october 14, 2015. 
^ mcgrath, charles (january 28, 2010), j. d. salinger, literary recluse, dies @ 91, new york times 
^ giles, patrick (september 15, 2002), great american novel, los angeles times 
^ amis, martin, review, atlantic monthly (quoted powell s books)  martin amis well-known british novelist , professor of creative writing @ university of manchester. opinion adventures of augie march great american novel. search no further. trails went cold 42 years ago. quest did quests do; ended.
^ williams, mary elizabeth. lolita vladimir nabokov . personal best. salon. retrieved january 26, 2013.  mary elizabeth williams salon s table talk host. opens review these lines: great american novel huckleberry finn, s jungle, s great gatsby. -- vladimir nabokov s lolita .
^ jameson, frederick (1996). seeds of time. new york, ny: columbia university press. pp. 214 pages.  these familiar features of daily life in super state which, should noted, high modernism in united states - in theory , in practice alike, fifties aestheticism organized around pound , henry james , wallace stevens , new criticism - in desperate flight; of our great modern writers, nabokov handled kind of material, in lolita, thereby @ once became great american novel,- of course foreigner begin with. (page 146-147).
^ nabakov regarded russian writer, when used english language: rampton, david (1984). vladimir nabokov : critical study of novels (1. publ. ed.). cambridge: cambridge university press. isbn 0521257107. 
^ puente, maria (july 8, 2010). kill mockingbird : endearing, enduring @ 50 years . usa today.  lee s book , 1 of handful earn title of great american novel.
^ patterson, troy (january 27, 2009). rabbit @ rest . slate. retrieved june 28, 2014.  consider 1,700-odd pages of harry angstrom saga—the bounding tetralogy of rabbit books , limping postscript—is find considering work excellent claim great american novel
^ ruch, alan (april 1, 1997). introduction gr . modern world. archived original on september 15, 2010. retrieved september 22, 2010.  great american novel come @ last, postmodern masterpiece.
^ weisenburger, steven (2006). gravity s rainbow companion. university of georgia press. p. 412.  thomas pynchon s big book confirmed him 1 of few novelists of unprecedented genius emerge in postwar era. here great american novel @ last. reviewers favorite comparisons moby dick , ulysses.
^ san francisco review of books . archived original on november 29, 2011.  gaddis has written long-awaited great american novel... beautiful book , brilliant author.
^ transcript . yale.edu. 
^ habash, gabe (march 28, 2013). did learn our great american novel poll? | pwxyz . blogs.publishersweekly.com. archived original on november 2, 2014. retrieved august 11, 2014. 
^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19850901&id=qqykaaaaibaj&sjid=ygyeaaaaibaj&pg=7164,285599
^ best work of american fiction of last 25 years? . new york times. may 21, 2006. 
^ gates, david (2014). levity s rainbow . newsweek.com. retrieved august 11, 2014. 
^ wallace, david foster (2009). cambridge book review . smallbytes.net. retrieved august 11, 2014. 
^ morton, brian. scotland on sunday . archived original on march 18, 2012.  pynchon s finest work yet...if still looking great american novel may it.
^ spencer, matthew (july 23, 2012). great american novelist tournament: final 32 . guardian. london. 
^ waste / don delillo s masterpiece fits half-century of experience inside baseball . san francisco chronicle. september 21, 1997. 
^ mendelsohn, daniel (september 25, 2000). comics opera . new york magazine. retrieved march 1, 2014.  m not sure exact definition of great american novel is, m pretty sure michael chabon s sprawling, idiosyncratic, , wrenching new book one.
^ temple, emily (march 7, 2013). 10 great american novel contenders past decade . flavorwire. retrieved october 22, 2014.  pw nominated earlier novel, 1980′s housekeeping, we’re equally fond of one, won 2005 pulitzer prize fiction , national book critics circle award, autobiography dying congregationalist pastor in flyover state. it’s beautifully written personal history doubles national one. bonus: obama lists novel 1 of favorites on official facebook profile, whatever that’s worth you.
^ cruickshank, noah (october 6, 2014). lila, marilynne robinson crafts 1 of unlikeliest trilogies in modern american lit . a.v. club. retrieved october 22, 2014.  gilead 1 of great american novels of 21st century, , deserved 2005 pulitzer prize.
^ jones, jonathan (august 23, 2010). jonathan franzen s freedom: novel of century . guardian. retrieved october 22, 2014.  jonathan franzen s new novel freedom modern classic.
^ secher, benjamin (august 20, 2010). jonathan franzen: 1 of america s greatest living novelists? . telegraph (uk). retrieved october 22, 2014.  if freedom doesn t qualify great american novel our time, don t know would.
^ grossman, lev (august 12, 2010). jonathan franzen: great american novelist . time. retrieved october 22, 2014.  freedom feels big in different way, way not other american fiction right now.