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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793339003321

Titolo

Short stories and political philosophy : power, prose, and persuasion / / edited by Erin A. Dolgoy; Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Bruce Peabody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4985-7366-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 pages)

Collana

Politics, literature, and film

Disciplina

813/.0109

Soggetti

Short stories, American - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Politics and literature

Political science - Philosophy - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Big data for the good life: Ken Liu's "The perfect match" / Erin A. Dolgoy -- Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pop squad" and the examined life worth living / Kimberly Hurd Hale -- All the world's a cage: Franz Kafka, "A hunger artist" / Timothy McCranor and Steven Michels -- Conflicting moral goods: William Faulkner's "Barn burning" / Mary P. Nichols -- From the iron cage to the "Waters of Babylon": rationalization and renewal in a Weberian world / Bruce Peabody -- The terrible justice of reality: "The ones who walk away from Omelas" and the dilemmas of political responsibility / Michael Christopher Sardo -- Kinship, community, and the bureaucratic state: a study of Wendell Berry's "Fidelity" / Drew Kennedy Thompson -- "The incarnation of my native land": Clover Adams in Henry James' "Pandora" / Natalie Fuehrer Taylor -- Jumping at our reflection: American dystopia and reaction in Shirley Jackson's "The lottery" / Abram Trosky.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the intersection of fictional narratives and political philosophy, focusing specifically on the use of short stories to teach the classic works of political philosophy. It is a resource for scholars and teachers of politics, philosophy, and literature"--