The Humanist (Re)Turn: Reclaiming the Self in Literature: Reclaiming the Self in Literature (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature)

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.

• | Author: Michael Bryson, Taylor & Francis Group
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Dec 13, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1032240709
• | ISBN-13: 9781032240701