American Gangster may refer to:
- American Gangster (film), a 2007 film by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and Josh Brolin
- American Gangster (album), the Jay-Z album inspired by the 2007 film
- American Gangster (TV series), a documentary series on the BET network
- The American Gangster, a 1992 documentary film on early 20th century American gangsters
- The American Gangster, nickname of mixed martial artist Chael Sonnen
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“It is in the nature of allegory, as opposed to symbolism, to beg the question of absolute reality. The allegorist avails himself of a formal correspondence between “ideas” and “things,” both of which he assumes as given; he need not inquire whether either sphere is “real” or whether, in the final analysis, reality consists in their interaction.”
—Charles, Jr. Feidelson, U.S. educator, critic. Symbolism and American Literature, ch. 1, University of Chicago Press (1953)
“The truth is that every intelligent man, as you well know, dreams of being a gangster and ruling over society through violence alone. Since this is not as easy as the novels would have us believe, people generally resort to politics and join the cruelest party.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)