Jeff Smith, The Presidents We Imagine: Two Centuries of White House Fictions on the Page, on the Stage, Onscreen and Online
In this thesis-driven monograph, Jeff Smith argues that the American president embodies the nation and personifies its citizens. As a result, the president’s changing profile, in fact and fiction, sheds light on the histories of the nation and its people. Claiming that works of fiction anticipate...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2022
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | In this thesis-driven monograph, Jeff Smith argues that the American president embodies the nation and personifies its citizens. As a result, the president’s changing profile, in fact and fiction, sheds light on the histories of the nation and its people. Claiming that works of fiction anticipate actual people and events, Jeff Smith focuses on presidential fictions, which he defines as “works in various media along with other acts of imagination, in which American presidents and the preside... |
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