Poets, Princes, and Private Citizens: Literary Alternatives to Postmodern PoliticsJoseph M. Knippenberg, Peter Augustine Lawler Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 310 páginas This collection of original and insightful essays was written by teachers seeking to restore literature as a powerful teaching tool in the undergraduate classroom. This book rejects postmodern theorizing, opting instead to assert that great poets, playwrights, and novelists self-consciously intended to impart compelling moral and political lessons. The essays focus on fundamental questions such as: What is justice? What does it mean to be a good human being? What are the strengths and weaknesses of a particular form of government? and, How are we to understand and resolve the tensions between private affections and public responsibilities? This is important reading for anyone concerned about the impact of postmodern literary analysis. |
Contenido
Don Quixote and Christian Imperialism | 13 |
Machiavellis Appropriation | 21 |
Master and Man in Melvilles Benito Cereno | 41 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 15 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles action Agamemnon Agincourt Albert Camus Allan Bloom appears Aristophanes Aristotle Austen Babo battle Benito Cereno Bullough Callimaco Camus Camus's Cereno characters Christian claim common concern conventional Cordelia Cornwall critics death Delano desire Dickens divine Don Quixote Emma Emma's English essay Euripides fact Falstaff father feel Frank Frank Churchill French friendship glory Goneril Greeks Henry Henry's Holinshed Homer honor human imagination Jane Jane Austen justice King Lear knight Knightley Knightley's Larsen Lear's lives Lucrezia Machiavelli Madame Defarge Merrick modern moral nature nobles O'Connor Patroclos Paul Scott peace Percy Pheidippides philosopher Plato play poetry political Prince problem question raj novels reader reason Regan regime responsibility rule says scene Scott seems sense Shakespeare shows Socrates speak speech story Strepsiades things tion trans true truth Turpin understanding University Press virtue vision Weydan women York Zeus
Referencias a este libro
Leo Strauss: An Introduction to His Thought and Intellectual Legacy Thomas L. Pangle Vista previa limitada - 2006 |