Literature and the Renewal of the Public Sphere - (Cross Currents in Religion and Culture) by M Walhout & Kenneth A Loparo (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This collection examines the ways in which religion and literature are capable of renewing what the eminent German philosopher Jürgen Habermas refers to as 'the public sphere'. The essays range from close commentaries on particular texts ( King Lear, The Brothers Karamazov, 'Bartleby the Scrivener') to surveys of the careers of selected writers who have entered the public sphere (Elizabeth Gaskell, W.H. Auden, Raymond Carver, Sherman Alexie), to historical and theoretical examinations of various national and international public spheres.

About the Author

LIONEL BASNEY English Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan JANET L. BLUMBERG English Department, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle JAMES W. CHAMPION English Department, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle PAUL J. CONTINO Christ College, Valparaiso University, Indiana GLENN FETZER French Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan ALAN JACOBS English Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois COLIN JAGER Ph.D. Student in English, University of Michigan PAMELA CORPRON PARKER English Department, Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington MICHAEL VANDER WEELE English Department, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois CLARENCE P. WALHOUT formerly English Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan LAMBERT ZUIDERVAART Philosophy Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.