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American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World.

Christopher Dawson

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Die amerikanische Literatur war nie zufrieden, nur eine unter den vielen Literaturen der westlichen Welt zu sein. Es war immer bestrebt, die Literatur nicht nur eines neuen Kontinents, sondern einer neuen Welt zu sein.

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