"The lost boys of privilege": Triangulation and the End of History in Ben Lerner's The Topeka School.

In Ben Lerner's 2019 novel The Topeka School, which is largely set in 1990s Kansas, the aggressive demeanor of protagonist Adam Gordon, a champion high school debater, closely resembles the confrontational style of Newt Gingrich. Yet Adam also draws on Clinton's strategy of triangulation in an attem...

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Publicado en:Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 146 - 164
Autor principal: Lawrie, Alexandra
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Indiana University Press Winter2024
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