Title: Political fiction and the American self
First published: 1998
Description: Examining political novels that have achieved (or been denied) canonical status, John Whalen-Bridge demonstrates how Herman Melville, Jack London, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Atwood have grappled with the problem of balancing radicalism and art.

He shows that some books are more political than others, that some political novelists are more skillful than others, and that readers must allow for basic working distinctions between politics and aesthetics if we are to make useful judgments about which political novels to read - and why.
Subjects: Aesthetics, American, American Aesthetics, American Political fiction, History and criticism, Literary form, National characteristics, American, in literature, Political fiction, American, Politics and literature, Political fiction, history and criticism, National characteristics in literature, Aesthetics, Political fiction, american--history and criticism, Politics and literature--united states, Ps374.p6 w47 1998, 813.009/358, General & miscellaneous american art, General & miscellaneous american philosophy, General aesthetics & philosophy of art, Literary criticism - u.s. fiction & prose literature - general & miscellaneous, National characteristics - north america, Miscellane
Places: United States
LC classification: PS374.P6 W47 1998