Susan (Professor Of English, Seattle P Va Mark D. (Associate Professor And Chair Of English, Walhout
This collection examines the ways in which religion and literature are capable of renewing what the eminent German philosopher Jurgen 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."
This collection examines the ways in which religion and literature are capable of renewing what the eminent German philosopher Jurgen Habermas refers ...
