WhalenBridge John 1961

Political fiction and the American self / John Whalen-Bridge. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1998. - xii, 206 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.

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.

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Political fiction American--History and criticism
Politics and literature--United States
National characteristics American in literature
Aesthetics American
Literary form

PS374.P6

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