Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary American Fiction

Informationen zum Autor Michael Kalisch is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Bristol Klappentext How might our friendships shape our politics? This new book examines how contemporary American fiction - from Philip Roth to Dinaw Mengestu - has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. Zusammenfassung How might our friendships shape our politics? This new book examines how contemporary American fiction – from Philip Roth to Dinaw Mengestu – has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Kalisch
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781526172044
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7204-4
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Cana
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 2000