1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003314760403321

Autore

Duby, Georges <1919-1996>

Titolo

The age of the cathedrals : art and society, 980-1420 / Georges Duby ; translated by Eleanor Levieux and Barbara Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981

ISBN

0226167690

Descrizione fisica

v, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

701.03

Locazione

DECLI

Collocazione

824.2 DUB

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778268003321

Autore

Johnson Joel A. <1974->

Titolo

Beyond practical virtue [[electronic resource] ] : a defense of liberal democracy through literature / / Joel A. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8262-6579-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

813/.409358

Soggetti

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Liberalism in literature

Democracy in literature

Individualism in literature

Liberalism

Democracy

Individualism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.