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UNINA9910815591503321 |
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Titolo |
I sing the body politic : history as prophecy in contemporary American literature / / edited by Peter Swirski |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-7735-8493-5 |
0-7735-7628-2 |
9786612866739 |
1-282-86673-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature and history - United States |
Literature and society - United States |
Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century |
Politics and literature - United States |
United States In literature |
United States In motion pictures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: history repeats itself repeats itself -- Stupidity's progress: Philip Roth and twentieth-century American history / David Rampton -- The historature of the American empire: Joseph Heller's Picture this / Peter Swirski -- The American wars: history and prophecy in Vietnam, the Gulf, and Iraq / Michael Zeitlin -- Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X: the politics of domination and difference / Gordon E. Slethaug -- Living in fictitious times: Michael Moore's awful truth about America / Nicholas Ruddick. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politics. |
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