Myth Marking

A feminine figurine fighter is graces the cover of the 1992 edition

The 1994 edition is of flag and Mount Rushmore

It’s the back cover that attracted by attention with its encounter with the theme of myth-making

Here transcribed

A triumph, transcending the usual pot-pourri of anthologies, and offering us an analysis of North America itself — land of mythology and contradiction.
Observer

The Faber Book of America resembles the country it celebrates: a big fat grab-bag filled with brilliance, junk, dizzying contrarieties, fast dreams and rich comforts.
Times Educational Supplement

There are black, Spanish, Chinese, Indian Americas; there are gendered and religiously divided Americas; there are Americans with and without homes. It is a great virtue of Rick’s and Vance’s anthology that it represents all these strands in American life without losing the thread of the country’s hopeful myth about itself.
Independent

Ricks and Vance have a lively sense of the troubles that tend to accompany American virtues.
Times Literary Supplement

The Faber Book of America edited by Christopher Ricks and William L. Vance.

And so for day 2105
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