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Towards a new literary humanism /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Mousley, Andy, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Literature > Philosophy.
Humanism in literature.
Literature, Modern > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Literature as Ersatz theology : deep selves
  • pt. 2. Scepticism, or humanism at the limit
  • pt. 3. Literature, democracy, humanisms from below.