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Smit, David, 1944-
Authoritarianism and class in American political fiction : elite pluralism and political bosses in three post-war novels / David Smit. - New York : Routledge , 2022. - 206 p. ; 23cm. - Routledge research in American literature and culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Class, Elite Pluralism, and Political Bosses -- Robert Penn Warren and Huey Long's Louisiana: 1928-1932 -- A Class Analysis of All the King's Men -- Edwin O'Connor and James Michael Curley's Boston: 1914-1950 -- A Class Analysis of The Last Hurrah -- Billie Lee Brammer and Lyndon Johnson's Texas in the1950s -- A Class Analysis of The Gay Place -- Conclusion.
"This book analyzes what many critics consider to be the three best examples of modern American political fiction-Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, Edwin O'Connor's The Last Hurrah, and Billy Lee Brammer's The Gay Place-to address a specific problem in American governance: how the intense competition for power among elite factions often results in their ignoring major groups of their constituents, thereby providing political bosses with a rationale to seize authoritarian control of the government in the name of constituent groups who feel ignored or neglected, promising them more democratic rule, but in the process, excluding other groups, so that the bosses themselves become elitist, ruling only for the sake of some constituents and not others"--
9781032268040 9781032188201 9781003256410
Political fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Elite (Social sciences) in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Politics and literature--United States.
Literary criticism.
PS374.P6 / S65 2022
823.54093581 / S642
Authoritarianism and class in American political fiction : elite pluralism and political bosses in three post-war novels / David Smit. - New York : Routledge , 2022. - 206 p. ; 23cm. - Routledge research in American literature and culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Class, Elite Pluralism, and Political Bosses -- Robert Penn Warren and Huey Long's Louisiana: 1928-1932 -- A Class Analysis of All the King's Men -- Edwin O'Connor and James Michael Curley's Boston: 1914-1950 -- A Class Analysis of The Last Hurrah -- Billie Lee Brammer and Lyndon Johnson's Texas in the1950s -- A Class Analysis of The Gay Place -- Conclusion.
"This book analyzes what many critics consider to be the three best examples of modern American political fiction-Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, Edwin O'Connor's The Last Hurrah, and Billy Lee Brammer's The Gay Place-to address a specific problem in American governance: how the intense competition for power among elite factions often results in their ignoring major groups of their constituents, thereby providing political bosses with a rationale to seize authoritarian control of the government in the name of constituent groups who feel ignored or neglected, promising them more democratic rule, but in the process, excluding other groups, so that the bosses themselves become elitist, ruling only for the sake of some constituents and not others"--
9781032268040 9781032188201 9781003256410
Political fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Elite (Social sciences) in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Politics and literature--United States.
Literary criticism.
PS374.P6 / S65 2022
823.54093581 / S642