Democracy's Literature : Politics And Fiction In America, Paperback

by Paul A. Cantor

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Democracy's Literature : Politics And Fiction In America, Paperback by Deneen, Patrick J. (EDT); Romance, Joseph (EDT), ISBN 0742532593, ISBN-13 9780742532595, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US For editors Deneen (government, Georgetown U.) and Romance (political science, Drew U.) American literature at its best has always sought to engage in a form of democratic public philosophy. They present ten papers that reflect on the ways that different works have engaged democratic philosophy and the politics of the United States. Include are readings of Melville's Billy Budd and splits between advocates of major social change and proponents of order and hierarchy, William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust and the idea of obligation and race, James Baldwin and the politics of faith, and Mark Twain and postcolonialism. The other authors discussed include Flannery O'Connor, Ralph Ellison, Octavia Butler, Kurt Vonnegut, and Don DeLillo. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780742532595
• Condition: Fine

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