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Record Nr.

UNINA9910130895003321

Titolo

Negen muzen, tien geboden : historische en methodologische gevalstudies over de interactie tussen literatuur en ethiek / / B. Biebuyck [and others] ; met een nawoord van Gert Buelens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gent : , : Academia Press, , 2005

ISBN

978-9038207926

9038207921

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Soggetti

Literature and morals

Languages & Literatures

Literature - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Gingko".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Literature traditionally holds a special place in society. This fact can be ascribed especially to literature’s unique capability to urge its audience and readers to allow a voice other than their own to resound within. And yet, literature’s role raises questions regarding one’s responsibility and engagement – questions that nearly every generation asks itself time and again with an ever changing urgency. Eight literary scholars from the research group ‘Literature – Ethics – Law’ (Ghent University) focus on this complex dialogue between literature and ethics. In the process, they arrive at answers that tease out crucial historical developments (from Plato to HIV/AIDS-prose), while also attending to the impact of methodological re-evaluations during the search for such answers.