Copyright © 2018 by William Giraldi
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Giraldi, William, author.
Title: American audacity : in defense of literary daring / William Giraldi.
Description: First edition. | New York ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018. | A collection of essays, some previously published in
The Republic and other publications.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018008751 | ISBN 9781631493904 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: American fiction—History and criticism. | Authors, American.
| Critics—United States. | National characteristics in literature.
Classification: LCC PS3607.I469 A6 2018 | DDC 814/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018008751
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