The exciting new book argues for a renewed emphasis on humanism--contrary to the trend of post-humanism, or what Neema Parvini calls "the anti-humanism" of the last several decades of literary and theoretical scholarship. In this trail-blazing study, Michael Bryson argues for this renewal of perspective by covering literature written in different languages, times, and places, calling for a return to a humanism, which focuses on literary characters and their psychological and existential struggles—not struggles of competition, but of connection, the struggles of fragmented, incomplete individuals for integration, wholeness, and unity.
ISBN: | 9781032240701 |
Publication date: | 13th December 2021 |
Author: | Michael Bryson |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 220 pages |
Series: | Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature |
Genres: |
Literary theory Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |