Heynders, Odile.

Writers as Public Intellectuals Literature, Celebrity, Democracy / [electronic resource] : by Odile Heynders. - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK(Imprint), 2016. - XI, 218 p. online resource. - Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature . - Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature .

This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it.

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European literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Democracy.
Literature-History and criticism.

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