Beyond practical virtue [electronic resource] : a defense of liberal democracy through literature / Joel A. Johnson.
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TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007Description: xiii, 179 pSubject(s): Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation | American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Liberalism in literature | Democracy in literature | Individualism in literature | Liberalism | Democracy | IndividualismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 813/.409358 LOC classification: PS374.L42 | J65 2007Online resources: Click to View 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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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