"Ars Americana is fascinating and original - and the subject of political literature is endlessly interesting and important. Written with a certain verve which carries the reader along!" Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "A provocative and energetic book that reaches out beyond academia in an attempt to define the nature of American political literature." Financial Times "Peter Swirski has presented us with a soundly researched, passionate, and beautifully written work - a Jeremiad about other Jeremiads, and a powerful critique of American society and politics as reflected in American media and popular culture." Arthur Asa Berger, Professor Emeritus in American Studies, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, San Francisco State University "If Fox News reviews Ars Americana, Ars Politica sparks will fly. A book devoted to American literature, it itemizes the flaws in the way America is governed and deplores them. Raising fascinating issues, Peter Swirski has a prose style that will create a stir and encourage readers to take literature and the arts that much more seriously." David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottawa.