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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464459903321

Autore

Schuman Sharon <1946->

Titolo

Freedom and dialogue in a Polarized World / / Sharon Schuman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

©2014

Lanham, Maryland : , : University of Delaware Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-61149-463-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

809/.933581

Soggetti

Liberty in literature

Decision making in literature

Autonomy in literature

Electronic books.

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introducing Dialogic Freedom; 2 A Father Begs for His Son's Corpse in the Iliad; 3 Passion and Freedom in Dante's Inferno; 4 Deaf to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice; 5 The Virtuosity of Satan in Paradise Lost; 6 Shaping the Master's Vision in "Benito Cereno"; 7 The Grand Inquisitor's Silent Christ; 8 Goading the Reader of "In the Penal Colony"; 9 Freedom under Impossible Conditions in Beloved; 10 Freedom under Construction in a Polarized World; Epilogue; Appendix A: Theoretical Roots of Dialogic Freedom

Appendix B: Discussion Guide for Teachers, Students, and Book GroupsGlossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World</span><span> argues that our most cherished ideas about freedom-being left alone to do as we please, or uncovering the truth</span><span>-</span><span>have failed us. They promote the polarized thinking that blights our world. Rooted in literature, political theory and Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of language, this book introduces a new concept: dialogic freedom. This concept combats polarization by inspiring us to feel freer the better able we are to see from the perspectives of others.  To say that freedom is di