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FA-51456-05	Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers	Brook Thomas	Civic Myths: A Law and Literature Approach to Citizenship	7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006	$40,000.00	Brook		Thomas				Regents of the University of California, Irvine	Irvine	CA	92617-3066	USA	2004	American Literature	Fellowships for University Teachers	Research Programs	40000	0	40000	0	My proposed book uses literary and legal analysis to illuminate complemetary and conflicting "civic myths," compelling stories that reflect and help to shape attitudes toward citizenship. I have chapters on "'The Scarlet Letter,' the Dissenting Citizen, and Civil Society"; "'The Man Without a Country,' the Patriotic Citizen, and Civil Liberties"; "'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' the Independent Citizen, and Civil Rights"; and "'China Men,' the Ethnic Citizen, and Civility."