The humanist (re)turn : reclaiming the self in literature /
The exciting new book argues for a renewed emphasis on humanism, contrary to the trend of post-humanism, or what Neema Parvini calls "the anti-humanism" of the last several decades of literary and theoretical scholarship. In this trail-blazing study, Michael Bryson argues for this renewal...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2020]
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| Series: | Routledge studies in contemporary literature ;
34. |
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| Summary: | The exciting new book argues for a renewed emphasis on humanism, contrary to the trend of post-humanism, or what Neema Parvini calls "the anti-humanism" of the last several decades of literary and theoretical scholarship. In this trail-blazing study, Michael Bryson argues for this renewal of perspective by covering literature written in different languages, times and places, calling for a return to a humanism, which focuses on literary characters and their psychological and existential struggles, not struggles of competition, but of connection, the struggles of fragmented, incomplete individuals for integration, wholeness, and unity. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 212 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367257408 0367257408 |