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Autore |
Gurr Jens Martin |
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Understanding Public Debates : What Literary Studies Can Do |
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Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024 |
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©2024 |
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9781040093665 |
1040093663 |
9781040093757 |
1040093752 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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Monografia |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Credits List -- Introduction -- 1 The History of Ideas and the Long Shadow of Plato: Milton, Shelley and Problems of Liberty and Liberalism -- 2 Complicating the "Culture Wars": Rereading The Human Stain -- 3 America the Beautiful? Neil Young's Explorations of Genocide, Racism and the Foundations of "America" -- 4 Edward Young's Abysmal "Sea Odes": Mercantilism, Free Trade and Globalization -- 5 Cli-fi Novels as Models of and for Climate Futures -- 6 Understanding Conflicts through Conflict Narratives: Narrative Path Dependencies and the Chances for Compromise -- By Way of Conclusion: Ten Theses -- Index. |
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Understanding Public Debates presents case studies including Milton's Paradise Lost and P.B. Shelley's 1820 Reform essay to explore how texts stage these debates by means of multiple perspectives, narrative situations, or ambiguities. |
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