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1 online resource (xxiii, 230 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index. |
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Introduction: liberalism and the problem of tradition in American literature -- Elusive republicanism : Thomas Jefferson and the foundations of American politics in Gore Vidal's Burr -- "Our divine equality" : Russell Banks's Cloudsplitter and the redemptive liberalism of the Lincoln republic -- Ideas in modulation : Marxism and liberal revaluation in Lionel Trilling's The middle of the journey -- Liberalism betrayed : neoconservatism and the postwar American Left in Philip Roth's American trilogy -- Conclusion: writing the republic : Moby Dick and the form of American political fiction. |
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| Summary |
In this provocative book, Anthony Hutchison challenges the belief that the American novel is ""antipolitical"" and condemns the relative absence of American literature in studies of the political novel. In Hutchison's view, our fiction is always informed by the complexities of the American political tradition, and to acknowledge this is to introduce a new, rewarding chapter of critical inquiry into the study of American literature. Focusing on the works of Herman Melville, Gore Vidal, Russell Banks, Lionel Trilling, and Philip Roth, Hutchison finds a critique of liberalism put fo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Political fiction, American. |
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Liberalism in literature.
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Liberalism in literature. |
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Ethics in literature.
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Ethics in literature. |
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in literature. |
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United States -- In literature.
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United States. |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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19th century |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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20th century |
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1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hutchison, Anthony, 1969- Writing the republic. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007 9780231511902 0231511906 (DLC) 2006101745 (OCoLC)77048170 |
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9780231511902 electronic book |
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0231511906 electronic book |
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9780231141383 cloth acid-free paper |
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0231141386 cloth acid-free paper |
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EB00639550 Recorded Books |
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