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Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture : Reconciling the Void /

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Davis and Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience. The idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human being...

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Main Authors: Davis, Todd F. (Author), Womack, Kenneth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Literature.
Contemporary Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Literary Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Literature, Modern > 21st century.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Davis and Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience. The idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human beings seek out meaning, hope and community.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXV, 198 pages)
ISBN:9780230599505
DOI:10.1057/9780230599505