Beyond practical virtue
American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
Twain, mark, 1835-1910
Individualism
Liberalism
Democracy
American fiction
Criticism and interpretation
History and criticism
"Johnson examines the worth of liberal democracy and the question of cultural development by looking at novels by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Using the fictions to explore the richness of everyday life, he offers new insight into the relationship between the state an…
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