| Preface: The Writer as Social Critic |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (5) |
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6 | (11) |
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17 | (12) |
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29 | (35) |
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Gore Vidal`s American Chronicles |
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32 | (15) |
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The growth of American empire |
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47 | (12) |
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59 | (5) |
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64 | (47) |
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Vidal and America in the twenty-first century |
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81 | (18) |
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Gore Vidal and ``political correctness`` |
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99 | (12) |
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111 | (16) |
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127 | (28) |
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Gore Vidal and queer theory |
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149 | (6) |
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155 | (8) |
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163 | (10) |
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173 | (3) |
| Personal Note |
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176 | (3) |
| Notes |
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179 | (12) |
| References |
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191 | (3) |
| Chronology |
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194 | (7) |
| General Index |
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201 | (14) |
| Index of Fictional Characters |
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