Natural right and the American imagination: political philosophy in novel form.

Zuckert, Catherine H., 1942-

Published by Savage, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield, 1990

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good dust-jacket with several chips and tears, very good green cloth. previous owner's name. ZUCKERT, CATHERINE H. Natural right and the American imagination: political philosophy in novel form. Savage, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield, 1990, xi, 271pp., . Discusses ways in which works by James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner explore the central issue of political philosophy. - CONTENTS: 1. The state of nature in classic American fiction -- 2. Natty and natural right -- 3. Cooper's political rhetoric -- 4. Hawthorne's politics of passion -- 5. Melville's meditations -- 6. Twain's comic critique -- 7. Hemingway on being in our time -- 8. Faulkner on nature and history -- 9. Natural right : an American fiction? 9780847676118 ISBN 0847676110. Seller Inventory # 95452

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Title: Natural right and the American imagination: ...

Publisher: Savage, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield, 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included