Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Reconciling the Void
Davis, Todd F., Womack, Kenneth
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Description for Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Reconciling the Void
Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 437.
Davis and Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience. The idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human beings seek out meaning, hope and community.
Davis and Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience. The idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human beings seek out meaning, hope and community.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403946812
SKU
V9781403946812
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99-15
About Davis, Todd F., Womack, Kenneth
TODD F. DAVIS is Assistant Professor of English at Penn State Altoona, USA. He is the author of two collections of poetry entitled Ripe and Some Heaven. His book-length publications include Mapping the Ethical Turn: A Reader in Ethics, Culture, and Literary Theory, Formalist Criticism and Reader-Response Theory and Kurt Vonnegut's Crusade, Or, How a Postmodern Harlequin Preached a New ... Read more
Reviews for Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Reconciling the Void
"With this book, Davis and Womack achieve a victory over the silence imposed by a postmodern awareness that all meaning is constructed." - Choice