The presidents we imagine two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online / Jeff Smith.

SeriesStudies in American thought and culture
Contents Imagining a president: George Washington and his fictional predecessors -- Seeing double: clowns, carnival, and satire in the Antebellum years -- Deep, yet transparent: myth, mystery, and "common sense" in post-Civil War presidential fictions -- A simple, honest man: presidential character in the fictions of the 1930s and 1940s -- The human element: presidential strength, weakness, and difference in the 1960s and 1970s -- Who am I? Presidents and their "issues" in fictions of the 1990s -- Fictitious times: imagining presidents at the turn of the millennium.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliogr. references (p. 349-376) and index.
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LCCN 2008039542
ISBN9780299231842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780299231835 (e-book.)

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