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Gore Vidal's America

Gore Vidal's America

Dennis Altman

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- Preface: the writer as social critic- Introduction- Vidal\'s Life- Celebrity- America and its History- Gore Vidal\'s American Chronicles- The Growth of American Empire- Masculinity and Empire- Politics- Vidal and America in the Twenty First Century- Gore Vidal and \'Political Correctness\'- Vidal as Writer- Sex- Gore Vidal and Queer Theory- Hollywood- Religion- Gore Vidal\'s America- Personal Note.

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OL Work ID
OL1670512W

Subjects

Vidal, gore, 1925-2012United states, history, 1945-United states, politics and government, 20th centuryUnited states, intellectual life

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