02057nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10203775 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070119s2007 mou sb s001 0 eng 2007002485 9780826217110 (alk. paper) 0826217117 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647689879 PS374.L42 J65 2007eb 813/.409358 22 Johnson, Joel A., 1974- Beyond practical virtue [electronic resource] : a defense of liberal democracy through literature / Joel A. Johnson. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007. xiii, 179 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index. "Johnson examines the worth of liberal democracy and the question of cultural development by looking at novels by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Using the fictions to explore the richness of everyday life, he offers new insight into the relationship between the state and the individual"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Criticism and interpretation. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Criticism and interpretation. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 Criticism and interpretation. American fiction 19th century History and criticism. Liberalism in literature. Democracy in literature. Individualism in literature. Liberalism. Democracy. Individualism. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10203775 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 224534 224534