The Dictator's Dictation The Politics of Novels and Novelists |
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| Author:
| Boyers, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-13674-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $90.95 |
Book Description:
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Robert Boyers explores, critiques, and praises works by writers who have wrestled with the political and social issues of their day. Authors discussed include prominent twentieth-century writers from the United States and Western Europe as well as from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Throughout the collection, Boyers combines frank, lucid assessments of the novelists' work with broader discussions of the political imagination in fiction.
Robert Boyers explores, critiques, and praises works by writers who have wrestled with the political and social issues of their day. Authors discussed include prominent twentieth-century writers from the United States and Western Europe as well as from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Throughout the collection, Boyers combines frank, lucid assessments of the novelists' work with broader discussions of the political imagination in fiction.