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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Swirski, Peter (1966-....)
Titre(s) : American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history [Texte imprimé] / Peter Swirski
Publication : New York : Routledge, 2011
Description matérielle : xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 15
Lien à la collection : Routledge transatlantic perspectives on American literature
Comprend : Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and
evolution ; How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal
life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two ; You're not in Canada until you
can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over
the cuckoo's nest ; You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial
wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace ; We better kill the instinct to kill before
it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome ;
It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Sujet(s) : Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs
Littérature utopique
Politique et littérature -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780415891929 (hbk.). - ISBN 0415891922 (hbk.). - ISBN 9780203816615 (ebk.).
- ISBN 0203816617 (ebk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb424298723
Notice n° :
FRBNF42429872
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