An edition of Political fiction and the American self
(1998)
Political fiction and the American self
by John Whalen-Bridge
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Examining political novels that have achieved (or been denied) canonical status, John Whalen-Bridge demonstrates how Herman Melville, Jack London, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Atwood have grappled with the problem of balancing radicalism and art.
He shows that some books are more political than others, that some political novelists are more skillful than others, and that readers must allow for basic working distinctions between politics and aesthetics if we are to make useful judgments about which political novels to read - and why.
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Aesthetics, American, American Aesthetics, American Political fiction, History and criticism, Literary form, National characteristics, American, in literature, Political fiction, American, Politics and literature, Political fiction, history and criticism, National characteristics in literature, Aesthetics, Political fiction, american--history and criticism, Politics and literature--united states, Ps374.p6 w47 1998, 813.009/358, General & miscellaneous american art, General & miscellaneous american philosophy, General aesthetics & philosophy of art, Literary criticism - u.s. fiction & prose literature - general & miscellaneous, National characteristics - north america, MiscellanePlaces
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Political fiction and the American self
1998, University of Illinois Press
in English
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Table of Contents
Political fiction as impurity in American literary criticism
Submerged revolution in Moby-Dick
How to read a revolutionary novel : The iron heel
Adamic purity as double-agent in Harlot's ghost
Invisible prophet : Sula peace, 1965
Conclusion : politics and interpretation in America.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.
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