How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines how contemporary American fiction 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. Bringing into dialogue the work of a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole - this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today.
| ISBN: | 9781526172044 |
| Publication date: | 27th June 2023 |
| Author: | Michael Kalisch |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Contemporary American and Canadian Writers |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: from c 2000 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literature: history and criticism |