Towards a new literary humanism /
"Literature cultivates "deep selves" for whom books matter because they take over from religion fundamental questions about the meaning of existence. This volume embraces and questions this perspective, while also developing a "new humanist' critical vocabulary which specifi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Literature cultivates "deep selves" for whom books matter because they take over from religion fundamental questions about the meaning of existence. This volume embraces and questions this perspective, while also developing a "new humanist' critical vocabulary which specifies, and therefore opens to debate, the human significance of literature"-- |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 244 pages |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |