A pinnacle of feeling [[electronic resource] ] : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/35873 |
Collana | 20/21 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century Executive power in literature Presidents in literature Executive power - Philosophy Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-15826-0
9786612158261 1-4008-2890-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Executive Disease: Presidential Power and Literary Imagination -- Chapter One. Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership -- Chapter Two. Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal -- Chapter Three. The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties -- Chapter Four. Come Home, America: Vietnam And The End Of The Progressive Presidency -- Epilogue. Philip Roth And The Waning And Waxing Of Political Time -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455240303321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A pinnacle of feeling [[electronic resource] ] : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/35873 |
Collana | 20/21 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century Executive power in literature Presidents in literature Executive power - Philosophy Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views |
ISBN |
1-282-15826-0
9786612158261 1-4008-2890-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Executive Disease: Presidential Power and Literary Imagination -- Chapter One. Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership -- Chapter Two. Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal -- Chapter Three. The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties -- Chapter Four. Come Home, America: Vietnam And The End Of The Progressive Presidency -- Epilogue. Philip Roth And The Waning And Waxing Of Political Time -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778220003321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A pinnacle of feeling : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/35873 |
Collana | 20/21 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century Executive power in literature Presidents in literature Executive power - Philosophy Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views |
ISBN |
1-282-15826-0
9786612158261 1-4008-2890-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Executive Disease: Presidential Power and Literary Imagination -- Chapter One. Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership -- Chapter Two. Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal -- Chapter Three. The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties -- Chapter Four. Come Home, America: Vietnam And The End Of The Progressive Presidency -- Epilogue. Philip Roth And The Waning And Waxing Of Political Time -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806810303321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The presidents we imagine [[electronic resource] ] : two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online / / Jeff Smith |
Autore | Smith Jeff <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 391 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 700/.45873099 |
Collana | Studies in American thought and culture |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Presidents in literature Political plays, American - History and criticism Presidents in motion pictures |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-299-23183-6
9786612270581 1-282-27058-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Imagining a president: George Washington and his fictional predecessors -- Seeing double: clowns, carnival, and satire in the Antebellum years -- Deep, yet transparent: myth, mystery, and "common sense" in post-Civil War presidential fictions -- A simple, honest man: presidential character in the fictions of the 1930's and 1940's -- The human element: presidential strength, weakness, and difference in the 1960's and 1970's -- Who am I? Presidents and their "issues" in fictions of the 1990's -- Fictitious times: imagining presidents at the turn of the millennium. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455118103321 |
Smith Jeff <1958-> | ||
Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The presidents we imagine [[electronic resource] ] : two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online / / Jeff Smith |
Autore | Smith Jeff <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 391 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 700/.45873099 |
Collana | Studies in American thought and culture |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Presidents in literature Political plays, American - History and criticism Presidents in motion pictures |
ISBN |
0-299-23183-6
9786612270581 1-282-27058-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Imagining a president: George Washington and his fictional predecessors -- Seeing double: clowns, carnival, and satire in the Antebellum years -- Deep, yet transparent: myth, mystery, and "common sense" in post-Civil War presidential fictions -- A simple, honest man: presidential character in the fictions of the 1930's and 1940's -- The human element: presidential strength, weakness, and difference in the 1960's and 1970's -- Who am I? Presidents and their "issues" in fictions of the 1990's -- Fictitious times: imagining presidents at the turn of the millennium. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778410603321 |
Smith Jeff <1958-> | ||
Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The presidents we imagine : two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online / / Jeff Smith |
Autore | Smith Jeff <1958-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 391 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 700/.45873099 |
Collana | Studies in American thought and culture |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Presidents in literature Political plays, American - History and criticism Presidents in motion pictures |
ISBN |
0-299-23183-6
9786612270581 1-282-27058-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Imagining a president: George Washington and his fictional predecessors -- Seeing double: clowns, carnival, and satire in the Antebellum years -- Deep, yet transparent: myth, mystery, and "common sense" in post-Civil War presidential fictions -- A simple, honest man: presidential character in the fictions of the 1930's and 1940's -- The human element: presidential strength, weakness, and difference in the 1960's and 1970's -- Who am I? Presidents and their "issues" in fictions of the 1990's -- Fictitious times: imagining presidents at the turn of the millennium. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248164903316 |
Smith Jeff <1958-> | ||
Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The presidents we imagine : two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online / / Jeff Smith |
Autore | Smith Jeff <1958-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 391 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 700/.45873099 |
Collana | Studies in American thought and culture |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Presidents in literature Political plays, American - History and criticism Presidents in motion pictures |
ISBN |
0-299-23183-6
9786612270581 1-282-27058-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Imagining a president: George Washington and his fictional predecessors -- Seeing double: clowns, carnival, and satire in the Antebellum years -- Deep, yet transparent: myth, mystery, and "common sense" in post-Civil War presidential fictions -- A simple, honest man: presidential character in the fictions of the 1930's and 1940's -- The human element: presidential strength, weakness, and difference in the 1960's and 1970's -- Who am I? Presidents and their "issues" in fictions of the 1990's -- Fictitious times: imagining presidents at the turn of the millennium. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808053903321 |
Smith Jeff <1958-> | ||
Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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