{"product_id":"9781441168276","title":"Gonzo Republic Hunter S. Thompson's America","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGonzo Republic\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHunter S. Thompson's America\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Stephenson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGonzo Republic looks at Hunter S. Thompson's complex relationship \u003cbr\u003ewith America. Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist.\u003cbr\u003eStephenson examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early\u003cbr\u003ereporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s\u003cbr\u003eto his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9\/11.\u003cbr\u003eStephenson argues that Thompson inhabited, but was to some extent\u003cbr\u003ereacting against, the tradition of American individualism begun by the Founding Fathers and continued by Emerson and Thoreau.  Thompson sought out the edge-the threshold of chaos and insanity-in order to define himself.  His characters enact the same quest, travelling through the surreal landscape of his literary America: the Gonzo Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWilliam Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Chester, where he teaches modernist and postmodernist literature. His publications include \u003ci\u003eJohn Fowles\u003c\/i\u003e (Northcote, 2003), several book chapters and articles in journals including \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Cultural Research\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ea\/b: Auto\/Biography Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 November 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContinuum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441168276\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331808592012,"sku":"9781441168276","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441168276","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}