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Author:

Foley, Andrew, Professor.

Title:

The imagination of freedom : critical texts and times in contemporary liberalism / Andrew Foley.

Publisher:

Wits University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

ix, 315 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

English literature--20th century--Political aspects.
English literature--21st century--Political aspects.
Liberalism in literature.
Politics and literature.
Liberty in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : liberal politics and liberal literature -- 'To stab a country in the conscience' : Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country (1948) -- When worlds collide : Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart (1958) -- Allegories of freedom : Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1962) -- 'Befitting emblems of adversity' : Seamus Heaney's Bog Poems (1972-1975) -- Patriarchy, autonomy and liberal feminism : Fay Weldon's Praxis (1978) -- Violence, reconciliation and the ending of apartheid : Athol Fugard's drama (1984-1992) -- Power, will and freedom : Mario Vargas Llosa's The feast of the goat (2000) -- Postmodern liberal literature : Richard Rorty's 'liberal ironists' (1961-2006) -- Liberalism in the new millennium : Ian McEwan's Saturday (2005).

ISBN:

1868144925 (pbk.)
9781868144921 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)351324716

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)