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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255244003321

Autore

Heynders Odile

Titolo

Writers as Public Intellectuals : Literature, Celebrity, Democracy / / by Odile Heynders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-46764-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature, , 2634-6478

Disciplina

809.4

Soggetti

European literature

Literature, Modern—20th century

Literature—Philosophy

Culture—Study and teaching

Democracy

Literature—History and criticism

European Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

Literary History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Transformations of the Public Intellectual; 2 Conscientious Chronicler; 3 Eastern European Voices; 4 Public Man as Actor; 5 A Protean Public Figure; 6 Public Intellectuals from Brussels; 7 Responsible Satire; 8 Popular Fiction; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.