Democracy's Literature: Politics and Fiction in America

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Patrick J. Deneen, Joseph Romance
Rowman & Littlefield, 2005 - 238 من الصفحات
American literature is profoundly, almost inescapably political. America's most thoughtful authors long ago realized that it was through the novel, the novella, and the story that philosophic education of America's citizens would best be undertaken. In this fascinating new anthology of original essays, ten leading scholars explore the ways in which American civic education has been informally advanced through literature. Delving into the works of authors ranging from Mark Twain to William Faulkner to Octavia Butler, these essays reflect on the close relationship between democracy and literature. They convey an understanding that the greatest American literary works are also works of profound philosophical insight. Through careful analysis, Democracy's Literature illustrates that democracy and literature are natural partners, forging a relationship that America's greatest authors have long realized in their subtle efforts to craft a democratic public philosophy.

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The Art of Democratic Literature
1
Billy Budd and the Politics of Prudence
9
Yankee Go Home Twains Postcolonial Romance
31
Tom Sawyer Potential President
61
Patriots and Philosophers The Idea of Obligation and Race in William Faulkners Intruder in the Dust
79
A Story about Nothing Two Kinds of Nihilists and One Kind of Christian in Flannery OConnors Good Country People
97
Ralph Ellisons Invisible Men
117
Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin and the Politics of Faith
153
Vexed Genealogy Octavia Butler and Political Memories of Slavery
171
Hello Babies Eliot Rosewater and the Art of Citizenship in the Graduation Speeches of Kurt Vonnegut
191
The American Mystery Deepens Hearing Tocqueville in Don DeLillos White Noise
207
Index
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