TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Joel A. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Beyond practical virtue: a defense of liberal democracy through literature AV - PS374.L42 J65 2007eb U1 - 813/.409358 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Cooper, James Fenimore, KW - Twain, Mark, KW - Howells, William Dean, KW - American fiction KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Liberalism in literature KW - Democracy in literature KW - Individualism in literature KW - Liberalism KW - Democracy KW - Individualism KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "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 and the individual"--Provided by publisher UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10203775 ER -