Is American Literature the Best Literature of All?

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American literature is perhaps the most developed literature in the post-colonial era.

Though it owes its origin to British literature, after independence it has gone a long way in establishing its own significance in international forums and conveying the message that American literature is not dwarfed or smothered in any way.

It has rather achieved global acclaim in various fields such as poetry, prose, novels, drama, biographical and autobiographical sketches.

Famous authors include literary luminaries like Ernest Hemingway, F Scott-Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Walt Whitman, H.W. Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, E.A. Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, J.D. Salinger, R.W. Emerson and many others.

These literary giants have widened our outlook and broadened our vision by virtue of their copious writings.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by H. B. Stowe, Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, A Farewell to Arms and The Old …