| Description |
173 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Michael Keren studies the political ideas conveyed by some of the twentieth-century's greatest novelists in this study of political philosophy via literature. The author expounds the key features of the "good citizen" as expressed by eight literary characters: Hans Castorp (Thomas Mann's The magic mountain), Joseph K. (Franz Kafka's The trial), John the savage (Aldous Huxley's Brave new world), Winston Smith (George Orwell's 1984), Ralph (William Golding's Lord of the flies), Meursault (Albert Camus' The stranger), Ida Ramundo (Elsa Morante's History), and Chauncey Gardiner (Jerzy Kosinski's Being there). Keren observes these characters as they struggle through the world wars, the rise and fall of totalitarianism, the Holocaust, the development of the atomic bomb, de-colonization, the Cold War, and globalization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| LC no. |
2004381195 |
| ISBN |
1552381137 |
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