Gore Vidal's America

de Dennis Altman

- Preface: the writer as social critic- Introduction- Vidal\'s Life- Celebrity- America and its History- Gore Vidal\'s American Chronicles- The Growth of American Empire- Masculinity and Empire- Politics- Vidal and America in the Twenty First Century- Gore Vidal and \'Political Correctness\'- Vidal as Writer- Sex- Gore Vidal and Queer Theory- Hollywood- Religion- Gore Vidal\'s America- Personal Note.