TY - BOOK AU - WhalenBridge John TI - Political fiction and the American self SN - 0252023889 AV - PS374.P6 U1 - 813.009/358 PY - 1998/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Political fiction American KW - History and criticism KW - Politics and literature KW - United States KW - National characteristics American in literature KW - Aesthetics American KW - Literary form N1 - 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 ER -