| The Humanist (Re)Turn: Reclaiming the Self in Literature Contributor(s): Bryson, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367257408 ISBN-13: 9780367257408 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 2019020695 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |