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Beyond practical virtue : a defense of liberal democracy through literature

"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
eBook, English, ©2007
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, ©2007
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xiii, 179 pages)
9780826265791, 0826265790
184918104
Beyond Practical Virtue A Defense of Liberal Democracy through Literature; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Aesthetic Critique of Democratic Liberty; 2 Democratic Liberation; 3 The Democratic Struggle and Individual Development; 4 Individual Development and the Public Sphere; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English