Beth Herst received her PhD in English literature from the University of London and has worked as a university lecturer, independent scholar, and playwright.Sandford Borins is a professor emeritus of public management at University of Toronto and internationally recognized expert in public sector innovation and narrative.

• List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Narrative, Representations, Publics2. “It Ain’t Right”: Narrative Unease and the American Public Sphere3. “And Then You Have to Bring in the Women”: Gender, Race, and American Public Narrative 4. American Tragedies: Race, War, Narrative, Genre 5. “She’s My President”: Gender, Politics, and the American Small Screen 6. “A Confederacy of Elected Quitters”: English Public Sphere Narratives 7. “As Canadian as Possible, Under the Circumstances”: Public Sphere Screen Stories and Small Markets 8.  Conclusion: The Politics of Representation and the Representation of Politics 9. Afterword: (A Narrative About) Teaching Public Sphere Narrative References Index

Beth Herst received her PhD in English literature from the University of London and has worked as a university lecturer, independent scholar, and playwright.Sandford Borins is a professor emeritus of public management at University of Toronto and internationally recognized expert in public sector innovation and narrative.

• List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Narrative, Representations, Publics2. “It Ain’t Right”: Narrative Unease and the American Public Sphere3. “And Then You Have to Bring in the Women”: Gender, Race, and American Public Narrative 4. American Tragedies: Race, War, Narrative, Genre 5. “She’s My President”: Gender, Politics, and the American Small Screen 6. “A Confederacy of Elected Quitters”: English Public Sphere Narratives 7. “As Canadian as Possible, Under the Circumstances”: Public Sphere Screen Stories and Small Markets 8.  Conclusion: The Politics of Representation and the Representation of Politics 9. Afterword: (A Narrative About) Teaching Public Sphere Narrative References Index

Beth Herst received her PhD in English literature from the University of London and has worked as a university lecturer, independent scholar, and playwright.Sandford Borins is a professor emeritus of public management at University of Toronto and internationally recognized expert in public sector innovation and narrative.

• List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Narrative, Representations, Publics2. “It Ain’t Right”: Narrative Unease and the American Public Sphere3. “And Then You Have to Bring in the Women”: Gender, Race, and American Public Narrative 4. American Tragedies: Race, War, Narrative, Genre 5. “She’s My President”: Gender, Politics, and the American Small Screen 6. “A Confederacy of Elected Quitters”: English Public Sphere Narratives 7. “As Canadian as Possible, Under the Circumstances”: Public Sphere Screen Stories and Small Markets 8.  Conclusion: The Politics of Representation and the Representation of Politics 9. Afterword: (A Narrative About) Teaching Public Sphere Narrative References Index