The Resource The republic of imagination : America in three books, Azar Nafisi
The republic of imagination : America in three books, Azar Nafisi
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The item The republic of imagination : America in three books, Azar Nafisi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
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- Summary
- "A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating followup, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her in Seattle, where a skeptical reader told her that Americans don't care about books the way they did back in Iran, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, among others-she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination, ' a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Contents
-
- Part I. Huck
- Part II. Babbitt
- Part III. Carson
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780670026067
- Label
- The republic of imagination : America in three books
- Title
- The republic of imagination
- Title remainder
- America in three books
- Statement of responsibility
- Azar Nafisi
- Title variation
- America in three books
- Subject
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- Iranian American women -- Biography
- National characteristics in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
- English teachers -- United States -- Biography
- American fiction -- Appreciation -- United States
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
- Nafisi, Azar
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Books and reading -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating followup, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her in Seattle, where a skeptical reader told her that Americans don't care about books the way they did back in Iran, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, among others-she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination, ' a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nafisi, Azar
- Dewey number
- 813.009
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PE64.N34
- LC item number
- A3 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nafisi, Azar
- English teachers
- Iranian American women
- American fiction
- Books and reading
- National characteristics in literature
- Twain, Mark
- Lewis, Sinclair
- McCullers, Carson
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
- Label
- The republic of imagination : America in three books, Azar Nafisi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1560830
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670026067
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014022287
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1560830
- (OCoLC)885983017
- Label
- The republic of imagination : America in three books, Azar Nafisi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1560830
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670026067
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014022287
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1560830
- (OCoLC)885983017
Subject
- American fiction -- Appreciation -- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Books and reading -- United States
- English teachers -- United States -- Biography
- Iranian American women -- Biography
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
- Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
- Nafisi, Azar
- National characteristics in literature
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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