Against Democracy:Literary Experience in the Era of Emancipations: Literary Experience in the Era of Emancipations

Contents

v c o n t e n t s Preface vii 1. Democracy Today 1 2. Reform or Refusal? Living in Democratic Capitalism 14 3. Conservatism and Critique 37 4. Literary Criticism’s Failure 58 5. The Literary Origins of Modern Democracy 77 6. Howards End’s Socialism 105 7. Saul Bellow and the Antinomies of Democratic Experience 123 Notes 149 Bibliography 159 Index 173 ...