TY - GEN AB - "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. AU - Johnson, Joel A., CN - PS374.L42 CY - Columbia : DA - c2007. ID - 473501 KW - American fiction KW - Liberalism in literature. KW - Democracy in literature. KW - Individualism in literature. KW - Liberalism. KW - Democracy. KW - Individualism. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10203775 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. PB - University of Missouri Press, PP - Columbia : PY - c2007. T1 - Beyond practical virtuea defense of liberal democracy through literature / TI - Beyond practical virtuea defense of liberal democracy through literature / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10203775 ER -