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From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplis
American Fiction in the Cold War
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Pages: 230
Authors: Thomas H. Schaub
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Schaub presents American fiction in the political climate of its time. Through the 1930s, he portrays authors as typically left of center and becoming disillusi
The American Dream
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Founding Fictions
Language: en
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Authors: Jennifer R. Mercieca
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An extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845 Founding Fictions develops the concept of a “political fiction,”