Understanding Public Debates : : What Literary Studies Can Do.

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.

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2024.
©2024.
Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.