American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history / by Peter Swirski.

Author/creator Swirski, Peter, 1966-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionxiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Political fiction, American--History and criticism.
Utopias in literature.
Social control in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Exceptionalism--United States.
Social engineering--United States. --History. --20th century.
Political culture--United States. --History. --20th century.
Literature and society--United States. --History. --20th century.
Politics and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.

SeriesRoutledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 15
Contents Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and evolution -- How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two -- You're not in Canada until you can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace -- We better kill the instinct to kill before it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome -- It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references ( p. [221]-242) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010046678
ISBN9780415891929
ISBN9780203816615 (ebook)

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