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Heartland of the Imagination
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Heartland of the Imagination : Conservative Values in American Literature from Poe to O'Connor to Haruf

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 078645976X
ISBN-13 9780786459766
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Nov 9th, 2011
Print length 212 Pages
Weight 290 grams
Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification: Literary studies: general
Ksh 6,300.00
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Focuses on the works of conservative American writers and of others who have written of America from a conservative perspective. Beginning with the work of Edgar Allan Poe, the book explores the traditionalist temper in books by Vachel Lindsay, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alfred Hitchcock, V.S. Naipaul, and Kent Haruf. It offers a fresh examination of a neglected but significant aspect of American culture.

Conservative strands in American literature are often overlooked in university courses. This book focuses on the works of conservative American writers and of others who have written of America from a conservative perspective. Beginning with the work of Edgar Allan Poe, the book explores the traditionalist temper in books by Vachel Lindsay, James Agee, Flannery O''Connor, V.S. Naipaul, and Kent Haruf. Drawing on the theories of Lewis P. Simpson, Leszek Kolakowski, Roger Scruton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb, among others, this text offers a fresh examination of a significant aspect of American literature.


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