Politics, Literature, & Film – serie
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Limits of Politics
Making the Case for Literature in Political Analysis
Inbunden, 2016
1312 kr
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As political units grow it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain a shared sense of humanity and to recognize people as individuals rather than anonymous beings. To overcome our most pressing political issues we need to develop a moral imagination so that we may renew our sense of connectedness …
Politics of Perfection
Technology and Creation in Literature and Film
Av Kimberly Hurd Hale, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2016
1312 kr
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The Politics of Perfection: Technology and Creation in Literature and Film provides an exploration of the relationship between modern technological progress and classical liberalism. Each chapter provides a detailed analysis of a film or novel, including Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Ridley Scott’s …
Philip Roth and the American Liberal Tradition
Av Andy Connolly, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2019
574 kr
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Philip Roth and the American Liberal Tradition offers a fresh reading of the later career development of one of America’s most celebrated authors. Through a contextual analysis of a select number of texts, this innovative study discusses how famed novels such as American Pastoral and The Plot …
Aldous Huxley
The Political Thought of a Man of Letters
Av Alessandro Maurini, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2018
531 kr
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Aldous Huxley: The Political Thought of a Man of Letters argues that Huxley is not a man of letters engaged in politics, but a political thinker who chooses literature to spread his ideas. His preference for the dystopian genre is due to his belief in the tremendous impact of dystopia on …
Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes
Dead Body Politics
Av Andrew Moore, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2016
1475 kr
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Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare’s political outlook by comparing some of the playwright’s best-known works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. By situating Shakespeare ‘between’ these two …
Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes
Dead Body Politics
Av Andrew Moore, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2018
709 kr
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Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare’s political outlook by comparing some of the playwright’s best-known works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. By situating Shakespeare ‘between’ these two …
Liberty, Individuality, and Democracy in Jorge Luis Borges
Av Alejandra M. Salinas, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2016
1212 kr
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This book seeks to fill a double lacuna in Borges scholarship. For one, this scholarship has been largely developed through the lens of literary and cultural studies, and not by political theorists who bring a distinct disciplinary perspective into the reading of literary works. Secondly, …
Sinclair Lewis and American Democracy
Av Steven Michels, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2018
709 kr
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Sinclair Lewis was one of the most astute observers of American social and political life. Sinclair Lewis and American Democracy is a highly readable analysis of his novels. The book examines each of Lewis’s novels on key themes in the history of political thought and democracy including freedom …
Mad Men
The Death and Redemption of American Democracy
Av Sara MacDonald, Andrew Moore
Inbunden, 2016
1141 kr
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For seven seasons, AMC’s Mad Men captivated audiences with the story of Don Draper, an advertising executive whose personal and professional successes and failures took viewers on a roller coaster ride through America’s tumultuous 1960s. More than just a television show about one of advertising’s …
Romanticism and Civilization
Love, Marriage, and Family in Rousseau’s Julie
Inbunden, 2017
1393 kr
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Romanticism and Civilization examines romantic alternatives to modern life in Rousseau’s foundational novel Julie. It argues that Julie is a response to the ills of modern civilization, and that Rousseau saw that the Enlightenment’s combination of science and of democracy degraded human life by …
Flannery O’Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness
Av Jerome C. Foss, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2019
1212 kr
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Flannery O’Connor’s fiction continues to haunt American readers, in part because of its uncanny ability to remind us who we are and what we need. Foss’s book reveals the extent to which O’Connor was a serious reader of the history of political philosophy. She understood the ideas upon which the …
Flannery O’Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness
Av Jerome C. Foss, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2020
546 kr
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Flannery O’Connor’s fiction continues to haunt American readers, in part because of its uncanny ability to remind us who we are and what we need. Foss’s book reveals the extent to which O’Connor was a serious reader of the history of political philosophy. She understood the ideas upon which the …
Milton's Socratic Rationalism
The Conversations of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost
Av David Oliver Davies, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2017
1393 kr
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The conversation of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost, that most obvious of Milton's additions to the Biblical narrative, enacts the pair's inquiry into and discovery of the gift of their rational nature in a mode of discourse closely aligned to practices of Socrates in the dialogues of Plato and …
Milton's Socratic Rationalism
The Conversations of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost
Av David Oliver Davies, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2020
595 kr
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The conversation of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost, that most obvious of Milton's additions to the Biblical narrative, enacts the pair's inquiry into and discovery of the gift of their rational nature in a mode of discourse closely aligned to practices of Socrates in the dialogues of Plato and …
Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer
Av Brian A. Smith, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2017
1475 kr
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Walker Percy is one of America’s great novelists, and he ought to be known as a political thinker as well. In Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer, Brian A. Smith makes the case that we should understand Percy’s novels and essays together as a guide to living in a complex world. Percy …
Civil Servants on the Silver Screen
Hollywood’s Depiction of Government and Bureaucrats
Av Michelle C. Pautz, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2019
591 kr
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In the movies, government often finds itself in a variety of roles from villain to supporting cast, and rarely, if ever, the hero. A frequent component of that role is the bureaucracy and as documented in Civil Servants on the Silver Screen: Hollywood’s Depiction of Government and Bureaucrats, …
Soul of Statesmanship
Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom
Av Khalil M. Habib, L. Joseph Hebert Jr.
Häftad, 2021
595 kr
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Shakespeare’s plays explore a staggering range of political topics, from the nature of tyranny, to the practical effects of Christianity on politics and the family, to the meaning and practice of statesmanship. From great statesmen like Burke and Lincoln to the American frontiersman sitting by his …
Liberty, Individuality, and Democracy in Jorge Luis Borges
Av Alejandra M. Salinas, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2018
531 kr
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This book seeks to fill a double lacuna in Borges scholarship. For one, this scholarship has been largely developed through the lens of literary and cultural studies, and not by political theorists who bring a distinct disciplinary perspective into the reading of literary works. Secondly, …
United States Constitution in Film
Part of Our National Culture
Av Eric T. Kasper, Quentin D. Vieregge m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
602 kr
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The U.S. Constitution is often depicted in popular films, teaching lessons about what this founding document means and what it requires. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington educates how a bill becomes a law. 12 Angry Men informs us about the rights of the accused. Selma explores the importance of civil …
Cowboy Politics
Myths and Discourses in Popular Westerns from The Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood
Av John S. Nelson, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2017
1708 kr
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The politics of popular westerns are surprising in substance and significance, especially of late. Cowboy Politics shows how westerns in literature, cinema, and television face the challenges of Western Civilization even more than the perils of American frontiers. Its strategy is to compare key …
Human Nature and Politics in Utopian and Anti-Utopian Fiction
Av Nivedita Bagchi, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2018
1312 kr
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While the interest in anti-utopias has exploded over the years, issues of human nature rarely make it into the discussion of these works of literature. Yet conceptions of human nature play a key role in both the utopian belief that the perfect political system can be achieved and in the …
Politics, Hollywood Style
American Politics in Film from Mr. Smith to Selma
Av John Heyrman, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2017
1212 kr
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This book analyzes major films about the American political process from the 1930's through the 2010's. Films are grouped historically and analyzed for their portrayal of American politicians and the political system, uncovering patterns and trends regarding the ways that American politics is …
Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime
Political Theory in Literature
Av Elizabeth Amato, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2018
1393 kr
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The Declaration of Independence claims that individuals need liberty to pursue happiness, but provides little guidance on the “what” of happiness. Happiness studies and liberal theory are incomplete guides. Happiness studies offer insights into what makes people happy but happiness policy risks …
Coen Brothers and the Comedy of Democracy
Av Sara MacDonald, Barry Craig m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1212 kr
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Both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the Coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decades. Sara MacDonald and Barry Craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, …
Coen Brothers and the Comedy of Democracy
Av Sara MacDonald, Barry Craig m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
517 kr
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Both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the Coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decades. Sara MacDonald and Barry Craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, …
Final Frontier
International Relations and Politics through Star Trek and Star Wars
Av Joel R. Campbell, Gigi Gokcek m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
562 kr
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The proposed book uses the Star Trek television/movie and Star Wars movie series to explain key international relations (IR) concepts and theories. It begins with an overview of the importance of science fiction in literature and film/television. It then presents the development of the Star Trek …
Beyond Free Speech and Propaganda
The Political Development of Hollywood, 1907–1927
Av Jay Douglas Steinmetz, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2017
1283 kr
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In Beyond Free Speech and Propaganda: The Political Development of Hollywood, 1907–1927, Jay Douglas Steinmetz provides an original and detailed account of the political developments that shaped the American Film Industry in the silent years. In the 1900s and 1910s, the American film industry often …
American Road Trip and American Political Thought
Av Susan McWilliams Barndt, Lee Trepanier
Häftad, 2020
627 kr
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Americans love road trips. They love to go on road trips. They love to read about road trips. They love to watch road trip stories unfold on television and film. Road trip stories are a consistent feature of the American landscape, a central part of American mythology, and an important piece of the …
Imagination and Environmental Political Thought
The Aftermath of Thoreau
Av Joshua J. Bowman, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2018
1393 kr
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Imagination and Environmental Political Thought: The Aftermath of Thoreau seeks to correct oversimplified readings of Henry David Thoreau’s political thought by elucidating a key tension within his imagination. With the celebration of Thoreau’s two-hundredth birthday now past, this study outlines, …
Pedagogic Encounters
Master and Disciple in the American Novel After the 1980s
Av Aristi Trendel, Lee Trepanier
Inbunden, 2021
1393 kr
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This book offers a new approach to the genre of the campus novel. Through a critical analysis of eleven novels, Aristi Trendel argues that the specificity and complexity of the pedagogic rapport between professor and student calls for a new genre: the Master-Disciple novel. After the 1980s, the …
