Politics of male friendship in contemporary american fiction, the
Auteur :
Kalisch, Michael
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526156358
Date de publication :
6 juil. 2021
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 1,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How might our friendships shape our politics? This new book examines how contemporary American fiction – from Philip Roth to Dinaw Mengestu – has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. -- .