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American secrets : the politics and poetics of secrecy in the literature and culture of the United States /
Predicated upon the principles of political freedom, cultural openness, religious tolerance, individual self-reliance, and ethnic diversity, the United States of America has been tempted recurrently by the lures of the secret. American Secrets explores this political, historical, and cultural phenom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. :
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield,
c2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Predicated upon the principles of political freedom, cultural openness, religious tolerance, individual self-reliance, and ethnic diversity, the United States of America has been tempted recurrently by the lures of the secret. American Secrets explores this political, historical, and cultural phenomenon from many, often surprisingly, overlapping angles in these analyses of the literary and cultural uses and abuses of secrecy within a democratic culture. Through analyses of diverse literary works andcultural manifestations-from Mark Twain's anti-imperialist prophecies to 9/11 conspiracy theorie. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 265 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611470079 1283246341 9781283246347 9786613246349 6613246344 1611470072 |