Writing the republic : liberalism and morality in American political fiction

Writing the republic : liberalism and morality in American political fiction / Anthony Hutchison.

Author/creator	Hutchison, Anthony, 1969-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Description	xxiii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Political fiction, American--History and criticism. Liberalism in literature. Ethics in literature. Politics in literature. American fiction--19th century --History and criticism. American fiction--20th century --History and criticism. United States--In literature.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-219) and index.
LCCN	2006101745
ISBN	9780231141383 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0231141386 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780231511902 (e-book)
ISBN	0231511906 (e-book)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS 374.P6 H87 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold