Humanist (Re)Turn: Reclaiming the Self in Literature

AvMichael Bryson

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032240701

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Michael Bryson is a professor of English at California State University, Northridge, specializing in Shakespeare, Milton, Biblical and Classical literature, literary theory, and the history of European poetry and criticism. His previous books include Love and its Critics, The Atheist Milton, and The Tyranny of Heaven..

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AcknowledgmentsChapter OneReclaiming the SelfChapter TwoTranscendence Through Participation and Action in the Bhagavad GitaChapter ThreeThe Binding of Criseyde and TroilusChapter FourSuccess and Failure of Transcendence in Christopher Marlowe’s Dido Queene of Carthage and William Shakespeare’s OthelloChapter FiveTranscendence as Disobedience and Choice in Clarissa, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Eyre...Chapter SixTranscendence as ParticipationChapter SevenReclaiming A Solemn Bequest: Transcending Fragmentation, Recovering Trust, and Returning from Exile in Silas MarnerChapter EightTranscendence Through Transgression and KenosisEpilogue: What Is to Come?BibliographyIndex