American Dreams, American Nightmares

“One of the year’s most bountiful univer­sity press offerings is American Dreams, American Nightmares… A collection of nineteen original essays written by top-seeded scholars, edited with an Introduc­tion by David Madden.”—CEA Critic

“Nineteen excellent critical essays by well known scholars (Cargill, Fiedler, Geismar, Heilman, et al), all published here for the first time. Ten focus on spe­cific works from Melville to Mailer, and nine discuss general aspects of the central theme, American Dreams… Recom­mended for all libraries.”—Choice