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"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.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2007University of Missouri Press · 179 pages · 9780826217110
Criticism and interpretationDemocracy in literatureDemocracyLiberalism in literatureHistory and criticismAmerican fictionIndividualism in literatureLiberalism