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American Fiction, American Myth by Philip Young (review)

American Fiction, American Myth by Philip Young (review) Philip Young. American Fiction, American Myth. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. 288p. Danielle A. Jones University of Idaho In a posthumously published book, American Fiction, American Myth culls a liberal sampling from "a wealth of uncollected essays" by the celebrated Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. Known not only for his first work Ernest Hemingway ( 1 952) that started a famed quarrel with the Pulitzer Prize winner, Young also published critiques on other important American writers -- most recently Hawthorne's Secret: An Un-toUd TaU ( 1 984) and The Private MelvilU ( 1 993) . As critic and scholar, he is best known for his careful analyses and his engaging style that is as readable as it is poignant. As can be inferred from the Table of Contents, American Fiction, American Myth's greatest limitation is the diversity ofthe topics selected by the editors David Morrell and Sandra Spanier. The first of three sections, "American Myth" is comprised of early essays that probe why some myths -- like Pocahontas -- endure: "Nothing survives indefinitely without filling some function, and die usefulness of the story is clear" (43). The next section, "Our Hemingway Man," consists of six essays that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

American Fiction, American Myth by Philip Young (review)

Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature , Volume 55 (1) – Jan 6, 2001

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Philip Young. American Fiction, American Myth. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. 288p. Danielle A. Jones University of Idaho In a posthumously published book, American Fiction, American Myth culls a liberal sampling from "a wealth of uncollected essays" by the celebrated Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. Known not only for his first work Ernest Hemingway ( 1 952) that started a famed quarrel with the Pulitzer Prize winner, Young also published critiques on other important American writers -- most recently Hawthorne's Secret: An Un-toUd TaU ( 1 984) and The Private MelvilU ( 1 993) . As critic and scholar, he is best known for his careful analyses and his engaging style that is as readable as it is poignant. As can be inferred from the Table of Contents, American Fiction, American Myth's greatest limitation is the diversity ofthe topics selected by the editors David Morrell and Sandra Spanier. The first of three sections, "American Myth" is comprised of early essays that probe why some myths -- like Pocahontas -- endure: "Nothing survives indefinitely without filling some function, and die usefulness of the story is clear" (43). The next section, "Our Hemingway Man," consists of six essays that

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