Political Mythology and Popular Fiction

Autor: Lee (Hrsg.) Sigelman
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ISBN: 978-0-313-25976-0
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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.


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.

Autor Lee (Hrsg.) Sigelman
Verlag Bloomsbury 3PL
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 1988
Seitenangabe 214 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen Englisch
Abbildungen HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Masse H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.6 cm 492 g

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