| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) |
| Contents |
A Picture Is Worth a Hundred Thousand Words: Joseph Heller, Picture This -- No Child Left Behind: Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days -- A Planet for the Taking: Alistair Beaton, A Planet for the President -- (R)hyming (A)merican (P)oetry: Various Artists -- The Left Wing: Aaron Sorkin, Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr., Eli Attie, et al., The West Wing |
| Summary |
American Political Fictions rewrites the book on American political art in a myth-busting study that ranges from historical 'faction' and apocalyptic thrillers to satirical fiction, rap poetry, TV's The West Wing, and not least the make-believe that streams out of the White House. It critically, not to say skeptically, sieves out historical facts from a sea of partisan and bipartisan disinformation in order to forge a more accurate picture of contemporary American culture and, through it, of America itself. In the process, it elucidates the ideological underpinnings, cultural manifestations, and democratic essence of contemporary political art - and of the partisan politics on which it feeds |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Politics and literature -- United States
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
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Literature & literary studies.
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects
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Political fiction, American
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Politics and literature
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137514714 |
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113751471X |
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9781137518880 |
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113751888X |
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9781137514660 |
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1137514663 |
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