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.
9781137467645(ebook:PDF)
European literature. Literature, Modern-20th century. Democracy. Literature-History and criticism.