Damned if you do
Subtitle: dilemmas of action in literature and popular culture
By: edited by Margaret S. Hrezo and John M. Parrish.
Contributors: Hrezo, Margaret S.; Parrish, John M.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780739138137
Subjects: Literature and morals; Ethics in literature; Politics in literature; Popular culture -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: viii, 222 p. ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Moral dilemmas and the narrative arts / John M. Parrish and Margaret S. Hrezo; title: Dilemmas of stability and regime change. The Deadwood dilemma: freedom versus law / Paul Cantor; title: Political assassination in popular fiction and political thought: Trotsky, Arendt, and Stephen King / Charles Turner; title: Dilemmas of public leadership. Of Hoplites and Hobbits: Dilemmas of Leadership in Aeschylus' the Suppliants and J. R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings / A. Craig Waggaman; title: Defining dilemmas down: the case of 24 / John M. Parrish; title: Dilemmas of institutional evil. Modes of moral reasoning in Uncle Tom's Cabin / Joel Johnson; title: The crisis of slavery in Harry Potter / Susan McWilliams; title: Dilemmas of community and choice. Responsible life in Paradise / Margaret Seyford Hrezo; title: Amoral dilemmas and the temptation to tyranny in A simple plan / Travis D. Smith.