The Republic of Imagination
America in Three Books
New York : Viking Adult, 2014.
Format: Book
Description: 338 pages ; 22 cm
The best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran presents an impassioned tribute to the importance of fiction to democracy that blends memoir with close readings of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
Contents:
Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Nafisi, Azar.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Babbitt.
McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Heart is a lonely hunter.
English teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Iranian American women -- Biography.
American fiction -- Appreciation -- United States.
Books and reading -- United States.
National characteristics in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
Nafisi, Azar.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Babbitt.
McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Heart is a lonely hunter.
English teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Iranian American women -- Biography.
American fiction -- Appreciation -- United States.
Books and reading -- United States.
National characteristics in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
ISBN:
9780670026067 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Nafisi, Azar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Nafisi, Azar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Nafisi, Azar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |