02352nam 2200649 a 450 991077826800332120230721031858.00-8262-6579-0(CKB)1000000000481758(OCoLC)647689879(CaPaEBR)ebrary10203775(SSID)ssj0000110999(PQKBManifestationID)11140920(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110999(PQKBWorkID)10074503(PQKB)11292391(MiAaPQ)EBC3570949(Au-PeEL)EBL3570949(CaPaEBR)ebr10203775(OCoLC)184918104(EXLCZ)99100000000048175820070119d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBeyond practical virtue[electronic resource] a defense of liberal democracy through literature /Joel A. JohnsonColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20071 online resource (196 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1711-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index."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.American fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismLiberalism in literatureDemocracy in literatureIndividualism in literatureLiberalismDemocracyIndividualismAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Liberalism in literature.Democracy in literature.Individualism in literature.Liberalism.Democracy.Individualism.813/.409358Johnson Joel A.1974-1492885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778268003321Beyond practical virtue3715601UNINA