The Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary American Fiction

• Author(s): Michael Kalisch,
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 1526172046
  ISBN_13: 9781526172044
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Literary Criticism / Modern / 21st Century ,

Description:... How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines how contemporary American fiction 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. Bringing into dialogue the work of a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole - this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today.