The political novel

"The Political Novel" by Joseph L. Blotner is a study exploring the connection between story telling and government. It looks at how books can influence what people think about government. Blotner sees that novels can help people understand the tricky parts of politics by mixing how we study books with ideas about government. The book starts by saying that political novels are important for learning about people and how they act in politics. Blotner talks about how it's hard to define what makes a novel political because these novels might show political actions or larger social ideas. The author suggests that the novels show both the political time they were written in and what characters want and feel. This start is meant to give readers a preview of the book chapters and show how books and political talk are related.