Against democracy : literary experience in the era of emancipations /
During, Simon,1950-
New York : Fordham University Press,
2012.
"This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Literature
Democracy in literature.
Conservatism in literature.
Politics and literature.