| The Politics of Voice: Liberalism and Social Criticism from Franklin to Kingston Contributor(s): Schueller, Malini Johar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791408558 ISBN-13: 9780791408551 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 320.509 |
| LCCN: 90-25941 |
| Series: Suny American Literature |
| Physical Information: 199 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an analysis of the social criticism and the political implications of rhetorical strategies in personal-political (nonfictional) narratives by liberal American writers from the 18th century till the 1970s. Using the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, Schueller examines works by Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Henry Adams, Jane Addams, James Agee, Norman Mailer, and Maxine Hong Kingston. |