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² Reviewing the book for American Literature (59, 649–51)Google Scholar, Arnold Krupat, whose own study of Native American autobiography was commended in the pages of the Journal of American Studies for its grounding in recent critical theory, confessed that although, “[m]uch about this book suggests it is indeed the work of a serious and potent thinker,” he had “not been able to penetrate his thought.”

³ Klein, Marcus, Foreigners: The Making of American Literature, 1900–1940 (Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1981).Google Scholar

⁴ Homberger, Eric, American Writers and Radical Politics, 1900–1939: Equivocal Commitments (London: Macmillan, 1986).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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⁶ Dan Sperber and Wilson, Deirdre, Relevance: Communication and Cognition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986).Google Scholar A recent review of the book by Alastair Fowler (London Review of Books, 30 03 1989, 16–17Google Scholar) explores its significance for literary study.