An Approach to Literature, 1st Edition, LSU Press; Brooks, Purser, Warren

by Warren

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This is a rare true LSU Press First Edition of An Approach to Literature, created by Brooks, Warren and Purser as an innovative New Criticism anthology textbook emphasizing close reading and analysis of literature. The Honor Court sticker inside the front cover bears the name of the family member who bought it used from the Coop Bookstore in 1938. Robert Penn Warren, the Pulitizer Prize winning author was a professor at LSU at the time this book was created, and Brooks was a cofounder with Warren of the Southern Review. This piece of literary history is a must-have for any collector of Southern literature or for any Brooks/Warren scholar.

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Year: 1936
• Condition: Fair

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