Political Mythology and Popular Fiction Hardback
by Lee Sigelman, Ernest J. Yanarella
Hardback
Description
A fascinating contribution to the scholarship of both political science and literature, this book explores eight major genres of contemporary popular fiction generally assumed to be essentially devoid of political content--children's novels, Westerns, middle-class fiction, historical novels, small-town Americana, sports novels, American war fiction, and science fiction.
By uncovering the often covert mythical themes and cultural symbols hidden in the plot formulas of these works--many of them bestsellers--the essays illustrate the debt of mass-market authors to cultural and political traditions that reach back to the origins of the American Republic.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:210 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:13/01/1988
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- ISBN:9780313259760
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:210 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:13/01/1988
- Category:
- ISBN:9780313259760