| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Politics, literature, and film |
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Politics, literature, & film.
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| Contents |
Big data for the good life: Ken Liu's "The perfect match" / Erin A. Dolgoy -- Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pop squad" and the examined life worth living / Kimberly Hurd Hale -- All the world's a cage: Franz Kafka, "A hunger artist" / Timothy McCranor and Steven Michels -- Conflicting moral goods: William Faulkner's "Barn burning" / Mary P. Nichols -- From the iron cage to the "Waters of Babylon": rationalization and renewal in a Weberian world / Bruce Peabody -- The terrible justice of reality: "The ones who walk away from Omelas" and the dilemmas of political responsibility / Michael Christopher Sardo -- Kinship, community, and the bureaucratic state: a study of Wendell Berry's "Fidelity" / Drew Kennedy Thompson -- "The incarnation of my native land": Clover Adams in Henry James' "Pandora" / Natalie Fuehrer Taylor -- Jumping at our reflection: American dystopia and reaction in Shirley Jackson's "The lottery" / Abram Trosky |
| Summary |
"This book examines the intersection of fictional narratives and political philosophy, focusing specifically on the use of short stories to teach the classic works of political philosophy. It is a resource for scholars and teachers of politics, philosophy, and literature"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- History and criticism
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Politics and literature.
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Political science -- Philosophy -- Study and teaching
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
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American literature
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Politics and literature
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Short stories, American
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dolgoy, Erin A., editor
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Hale, Kimberly Hurd, 1983- editor.
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Peabody, Bruce Garen, 1969- editor.
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| LC no. |
2018059168 |
| ISBN |
9781498573665 |
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1498573665 |
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