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I sing the body politic : history as prophecy in contemporary American literature / edited by Peter Swirski. - Montreal ; Ithaca, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (214 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199) and index.

Introduction: history repeats itself repeats itself -- Stupidity's progress: Philip Roth and twentieth-century American history / David Rampton -- The historature of the American empire: Joseph Heller's Picture this / Peter Swirski -- The American wars: history and prophecy in Vietnam, the Gulf, and Iraq / Michael Zeitlin -- Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X: the politics of domination and difference / Gordon E. Slethaug -- Living in fictitious times: Michael Moore's awful truth about America / Nicholas Ruddick.

Annotation A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politics.

ISBN: 9780773576285 (electronic bk.) 0773576282 (electronic bk.) (acid-free paper) (acid-free paper) (pbk. ; acid-free paper) (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Source: 22573/ctt6vcqf JSTOR

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
USA Government

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Literature and history--History--United States--20th century.
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Literature and history--United States.
Politics and literature--United States.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Littérature et histoire--États-Unis.
Littérature et société--États-Unis.
Politique et littérature--États-Unis.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Cinéma--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
États-Unis dans la littérature.
États-Unis au cinéma.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
HISTORY--21st Century.--United States
American literature.
Literature.
Literature and history.
Motion pictures.
Politics and literature.
Politik
Literatur
Kunst
Film

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--In literature.
United States--In motion pictures.
United States.
USA (Motiv)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

LC Class. No.: PS169.H5 / I3 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.5409358