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Against democracy : literary experience in the era of emancipations /

"This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocquevi...

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Main Author:	During, Simon, 1950-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. Politics and literature. Conservatism in literature. Democracy in literature. Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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