The Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary American Fiction - 9781526172044

How might our friendships shape our politics? This new book examines how contemporary American fiction - from Philip Roth to Dinaw Mengestu - has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. -- .

• | : Michael Kalisch
• | Publisher: Manchester University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1526172046
• | ISBN-13: 9781526172044