Political fiction and the American self
First published: 1998
Description
Examining political novels that have achieved (or been denied) canonical status, John Whalen-Bridge demonstrates how Herman Melville, Jack London, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Atwood have grappled with the problem of balancing radicalism and art.
He shows that some books are more political than others, that some political novelists are more skillful than others, and that readers must allow for basic working distinctions between politics and aesthetics if we are to make useful judgments about which political novels to read - and why.
He shows that some books are more political than others, that some political novelists are more skillful than others, and that readers must allow for basic working distinctions between politics and aesthetics if we are to make useful judgments about which political novels to read - and why.
Subjects
Aesthetics, American
American Aesthetics
American Political fiction
History and criticism
Literary form
National characteristics, American, in literature
Political fiction, American
Politics and literature
Political fiction, history and criticism
National characteristics in literature
Aesthetics
Political fiction, american--history and criticism
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