| The Colorful Conservative: American Conversations with the Ancients from Wheatley to Whitman Contributor(s): Lopez, R. O. P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761856277 ISBN-13: 9780761856276 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $60.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.08" W x 9.04" (1.20 lbs) 396 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Colorful Conservative, R.O.P. L pez culls important insights into American culture from the works of Phillis Wheatley, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, William Wells Brown, and Walt Whitman. L pez contends that many of the tensions that emerged prior to the Civil War remain unresolved; thus, the nineteenth century never ended and Americans still live in the literary framework of the 1800s. Beyond political distinctions of the left and the right, there are really four poles: The Left, The Conformist Burkeans, The Anarchist-Nihilist-Libertarians, and The Colorful Conservatives. The Left and the Colorful Conservatives are the two poles most at odds with each other. The Colorful Conservatives, L pez argues, encompass these five American authors and are the driving force behind many unique paradoxes in the United States' political culture. |