Davis, Todd F.
Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture
Part I. Into this World: Body and Spirit in Contemporary Literature
1. Embracing the Fall: Reconfiguring Redemption in Jim Harrison’s
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2. Writing Back through the Body: The Communion of Flesh and Spirit in the Work of Mary Swander
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3. Always Becoming: The Nature of Transcendence in the Poetry of Mary Oliver
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Part II. Story and Possibility: Narrative Mapping as Ethical Construct
4. Saints, Sinners, and the Dickensian Novel: The Ethics of Storytelling in John Irving’s
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5. Curses and Blessings: Identity and Essentialism in the Work of Sherman Alexie
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6. “Our long national nightmare is over”: Moral Repair and Jeffrey Eugenides’s
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7. “What’s Filipino? What’s authentic? What’s in the blood?”: Alterity and Ethics in the Novels of Jessica Hagedorn
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Part III. Music, Image, and Activism: A Means to an Open Ending
8. “Everybody had a hard year”:
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9. Finding Forgiveness, or Something Like It, in David Mamet’s
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10. Performing Empowerment: Revisiting Liberation Pedagogy in Eve Ensler’s
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11. How Do You Solve a Problem Like
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12. Conclusion: Postmodern Humanism and the Ethical Future
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Nyckelord: Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Contemporary Literature
- Författare
- Davis, Todd F.
- Womack, Kenneth
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2006
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 223 sidor
- Kategori
- Litteraturforskning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230599505
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-1-349-52397-9