Title The pursuit of happiness and the American regime : political theory in literature / Elizabeth Amato.

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	Politics, literature, and film
	Politics, literature, & film.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Understanding the American pursuit of happiness -- Tom Wolfe's status hungry America -- Walker Percy's search -- Edith Wharton's case for happiness and society -- Hawthorne's hope for friendship and happiness -- Sharing the pursuit of happiness.
Summary	This book explores happiness research and liberal theory. It treats four American novelists as political thinkers through close textual analysis of their novels. This book concludes that friendship is the real basis of happiness and that it is an alternative to the individualistic pursuit of happiness.
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Subject	American fiction -- History and criticism.
	American fiction.
	Politics in literature.
	Politics in literature.
	Happiness in literature.
	Happiness in literature.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form:	Print version: Amato, Elizabeth, author. Pursuit of happiness and the American regime Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498554190 (DLC) 2017061487
ISBN	9781498554206 (Electronic)
	1498554202
	9781498554190 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
	1498554199