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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Main Author: Johnson, Joel A., 1974-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
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245 1 0 |a Beyond practical virtue  |h [electronic resource] :  |b a defense of liberal democracy through literature /  |c Joel A. Johnson. 
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300 |a xiii, 179 p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index. 
520 |a "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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600 1 0 |a Cooper, James Fenimore,  |d 1789-1851  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 0 |a Twain, Mark,  |d 1835-1910  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 0 |a Howells, William Dean,  |d 1837-1920  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
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650 0 |a Liberalism in literature. 
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650 0 |a Individualism in literature. 
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