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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823524403321

Titolo

Aesthetics and ideology in contemporary literature and drama / / edited by Madelena Gonzalez and René Agostini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8231-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Disciplina

822.91099417

Soggetti

English drama - Irish authors - History and criticism

English drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Ireland Intellectual life 20th century

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The conviction that the development and promotion of the arts, humanities and culture through the study of literature and the aesthetic are the fundamental constituents of any progress in society is at the heart of this volume. The essays gathered here explore the role of the imagination and aesthetic awareness in an age when the corporatization of knowledge is in the process of transforming literary studies, and political commitment is in danger of disappearing behind a supposedly post-ideological late-capitalist consensus.The main focus of the volume is the mutual implication of aesthetics a