Writers as Public Intellectuals Literature, Celebrity, Democracy
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismEuropeanModern20th CenturySemiotics & TheorySocial SciencePolitical ScienceLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsAnthropologyCultural & SocialHistory & Theory
2015Book
Author(s)Odile Heynders
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137467638
LanguageEnglish
