02212nam 22004813 450 991086639540332120250316143411.09781040093665104009366397810400937571040093752(MiAaPQ)EBC31498808(Au-PeEL)EBL31498808(CKB)32322848800041(OCoLC)1443937192(NjHacI)9932322848800041(EXLCZ)993232284880004120240624d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnderstanding Public Debates What Literary Studies Can Do1st ed.Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,2024.©2024.1 online resource (224 pages)9781032758589 1032758589 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.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.Debates and debatingDebates and debating.809.93355Gurr Jens Martin1736146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910866395403321Understanding Public Debates4248215UNINA