Acknowledgments
Introduction: Affected Readers in an Imagined Community
1. Moodiness: The Everyday America of Beauvoir’s America Day by Day
2. Curiosity and Its Discontents: Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley and America and Americans
3. Hopefulness: On the Road with Charles Kuralt
4. Incredulity: Reading Sarah Vowell
Conclusion: Affected Critics, the Nation, and the Limits of Critique
Source Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index