Writing during the apocalypse : reflections on the great unraveling /
In an era when a future audience is very much not guaranteed, what possible purpose could there be in something as seemingly marginal as artistic creation, specifically literary creation? Why bother writing when the world's on fire? This book grapples with the notion that writers and their work...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2026.
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| Summary: | In an era when a future audience is very much not guaranteed, what possible purpose could there be in something as seemingly marginal as artistic creation, specifically literary creation? Why bother writing when the world's on fire? This book grapples with the notion that writers and their work ought to distract readers from the dire situation we are now in as a species. The author argues that to craft imaginative spaces through the magic of words isn't superfluous. Instead it exists at the core of human experience, as it always has and always will. |
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| Physical Description: | 224 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798765123225 9798765123218 |