The politics of male friendship in contemporary American fiction
By Michael Kalisch
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- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 256
- Price: £85.00
- Published Date: July 2021
- Series: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers
Description
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.
Contents
Introduction
1 'The Love Alternative': Philip Roth's I Married a Communist (1998) and The Human Stain (2000)
2 The Gift of Friendship: Paul Auster's Fiction and Film
3 Broken Utopias: Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue (2012) and Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude (2003)
4 The Borders of Friendship: Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007) and Teju Cole's Open City (2011)
Conclusion
Author
Michael Kalisch is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Bristol
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