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LEADER: 01732cam a2200373 a 4500
001 2007002485
003 DLC
005 20100115083806.0
008 070119s2007 mou b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2007002485
020 $a9780826217110 (alk. paper)
020 $a0826217117 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm81252621
035 $a(OCoLC)81252621
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPS374.L42$bJ65 2007
082 00 $a813/.409358$222
100 1 $aJohnson, Joel A.,$d1974-
245 10 $aBeyond practical virtue :$ba defense of liberal democracy through literature /$cJoel A. Johnson.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2007.
300 $axiii, 179 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Johnson examines the worth of liberal democracy and the question of cultural development by looking at novels by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Using the fictions to explore the richness of everyday life, he offers new insight into the relationship between the state and the individual"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aLiberalism in literature.
650 0 $aDemocracy in literature.
650 0 $aIndividualism in literature.
650 0 $aLiberalism.
650 0 $aDemocracy.
650 0 $aIndividualism.
600 10 $aCooper, James Fenimore,$d1789-1851$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aTwain, Mark,$d1835-1910$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aHowells, William Dean,$d1837-1920$xCriticism and interpretation.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007002485.html