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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.

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Introduction
1 ‘The Love Alternative’: Philip Roth’s I Married a Communist (1998) and The Human Stain (2000)
2 The Gift of Friendship: Paul Auster’s Fiction and Film
3 Broken Utopias: Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue (2012) and Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude (2003)
4 The Borders of Friendship: Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007) and Teju Cole’s Open City (2011)
Conclusion

The Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 27 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9781526172044
      978-1526172044
      ISBN-10 1526172046
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: fiction Literary studies: from c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1 ‘The Love Alternative’: Philip Roth’s I Married a Communist (1998) and The Human Stain (2000)
      2 The Gift of Friendship: Paul Auster’s Fiction and Film
      3 Broken Utopias: Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue (2012) and Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude (2003)
      4 The Borders of Friendship: Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007) and Teju Cole’s Open City (2011)
      Conclusion

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