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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b10761282.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.".
- catalog description "Political fiction as impurity in American literary criticism -- Submerged revolution in Moby-Dick -- How to read a revolutionary novel : The iron heel -- Adamic purity as double-agent in Harlot's ghost -- Invisible prophet : Sula peace, 1965 -- Conclusion : politics and interpretation in America.".
- catalog extent "xii, 206 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Political fiction and the American self.".
- catalog identifier "0252023889 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "025206688X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Political fiction and the American self.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "Political fiction and the American self.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "813.009/358 21".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics, American.".
- catalog subject "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American, in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS374.P6 W47 1998".
- catalog subject "Political fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Political fiction as impurity in American literary criticism -- Submerged revolution in Moby-Dick -- How to read a revolutionary novel : The iron heel -- Adamic purity as double-agent in Harlot's ghost -- Invisible prophet : Sula peace, 1965 -- Conclusion : politics and interpretation in America.".
- catalog title "Political fiction and the American self / John Whalen-Bridge.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".