The presidents we imagine : two centuries of White House fictions on the page, on the stage, onscreen, and online /

In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency's ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central th...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Smith, Jeff
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency's ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation's real politics.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 391 p. ) ill. ;
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612270581
9780299231835
0299231836
9781282270589
1282270583
Schlagworte:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Political fiction, American > History and criticism.
Presidents in literature.
Political plays, American > History and criticism.
Presidents in motion pictures.
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