The presidents we imagine two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online / Jeff Smith.
| Author/creator | Smith, Jeff |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, |
| Description | xiii, 391 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies 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 note | Includes bibliogr. references (p. 349-376) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008039542 |
| ISBN | 9780299231842 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780299231835 (e-book.) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |