Writers as Public Intellectuals
Literature, Celebrity, Democracy
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Theory
| Author: | Odile Heynders | ISBN: | 9781137467645 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | February 9, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Odile Heynders |
| ISBN: | 9781137467645 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | February 9, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it.
This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it.
