Writers as Public Intellectuals

Literature, Celebrity, Democracy

AvOdile Heynders

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature

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Beskrivning

This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-11-11
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:417 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature
Antal sidor:218
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137467638

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Odile Heynders is Professor of Comparative Literature at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Her research interests include contemporary literary history, intellectual history and cultural studies, and her publications include articles in journals such as the European Journal of Life Writing, Journal of Dutch Literature and a chapter in New Public Spheres: Recontextualising the Intellectual (ed. Thijssen et al, 2013).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Transformations of the Public Intellectual 2. Conscientious Chronicler; H.M. Enzensberger (1929) 3. Eastern European Voices; Slavenka Drakulic (1949) and Dubravka Ugresic (1949) 4. Public Man as Actor; Bernard-Henri Levy (1948) 5. A Protean Public Figure; Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969) 6. Public Intellectual in Brussels; David van Reybrouck (1971) and Geert van Istendael (1947) 7. Responsible Satire; Hamed Abdel-Samad (1972) 8. Popular Fiction; Elif Shafak (1971) Bibliography Index