The Great American Novel

Who, then, if not Hawthorne? The closest GAN contender to date, according to DeForest, was Uncle Tom?s Cabin. Did he think much of the book? Not really. It had ?very noticeable faults? and lacked ?comeliness of form.? But, it had ?a national breadth??and, therefore, could be put in the running despite its lack (however arguable) of literary worth. Indeed, it?s striking how specifically nonliterary were the terms DeForest chose to describe its merits: The novel, he wrote, is ?a picture of American life, drawn with a few strong and passionate strokes, not filled in thoroughly, but still a portrait.? But one hangs a portrait on the wall. One doesn?t read it.

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