Beyond practical virtue
Subtitle: a defense of liberal democracy through literature
By: Joel A. Johnson.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780826217110
Subjects: 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; Individualism
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.