Beyond practical virtue a defense of liberal democracy through literature /
"Johnson examines the worth of liberal democracy and the question of cultural development by looking at novels by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Using the fictions to explore the richness of everyday life, he offers new insight into the relationship between the sta...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
c2007.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | "Johnson examines the worth of liberal democracy and the question of cultural development by looking at novels by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Using the fictions to explore the richness of everyday life, he offers new insight into the relationship between the state and the individual"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 179 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index. |