Poets, princes, and private citizens : literary alternatives to postmodern politics
This collection of essays was written by teachers seeking to restore literature as a powerful teaching tool in the undergraduate classroom. The essays focus on fundamental questions, such as what is justice and what does it mean to be a good human being?
XXIII, 310 Seiten
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Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: Christianity and Modernity Chapter 4 Don Quixote and Christian Imperialism Chapter 5 Virtue, Honor and Reputation: Machiavelli's Appropriation of Christianity in the "Rape" of Lucrezia Part 6 Part II: Modern Revolution Chapter 7 Master and Man in Melville's "Benito Cereno" Chapter 8 Politics of Hatred in A Tale of Two Cities Chapter 9 The Sea Wolf: Nature Versus Morality Chapter 10 The Pestilent Intellect: Camus's Post-Christian Vision Part 11 Part III: Love in the Ruins Chapter 12 Family and Politics in Aristophanes Chapter 13 Flannery O'Connor and the Limits of Justice Chapter 14 Lost in the Cosmos: Walker Percy's Analysis of American Restlessness Chapter 15 Paul Scott's Raj Quintet: Real Politics in Imagined Gardens Part 16 Part IV: Literature and the Permanent Questions Chapter 17 Nature and Convention in King Lear Chapter 18 The Famous Victories of William Shakespeare: The Life of Henry the Fifth Chapter 19 Moral Education in Jane Austen's Emma Chapter 20 Friendship and Divine Justice in Homer's Iliad Chapter 21 Index