TY - BOOK ID - 46966699 TI - Writers as Public Intellectuals : Literature, Celebrity, Democracy PY - 2016 SN - 9781137467645 1137467649 1137467630 1349581186 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy KW - Sociology of culture KW - Political systems KW - Didactics of the arts KW - Linguistics KW - Literature KW - History KW - geletterdheid KW - cultuur KW - filosofie KW - literatuur KW - culturele antropologie KW - democratie KW - literatuurgeschiedenis KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - Europe KW - Politics in literature. KW - Authors KW - Literature and society. KW - Biography & autobiography KW - Political and social views. KW - Intellectual life. KW - Literary. KW - European literature. KW - Literature, Modern-20th century. KW - Literature-Philosophy. KW - Culture-Study and teaching. KW - Democracy. KW - Literature-History and criticism. KW - European Literature. KW - Twentieth-Century Literature. KW - Literary Theory. KW - Cultural Theory. KW - Literary History. KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - European literature KW - Literature, Modern—20th century. KW - Literature—Philosophy. KW - Culture—Study and teaching. KW - Literature—History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46966699 AB - This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it. ER -