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BL
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663260
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Heynders, Odile
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| Title & Author
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Writers as public intellectuals : : literature, celebrity, democracy /\ Odile Heynders
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| Series Statement
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Palgrave studies in modern European literature
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (1 volume).
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| ISBN
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9781137467645
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: 1137467649
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9781349581184
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9781137467638
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1137467630
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Transformations of the Public Intellectual; 2 Conscientious Chronicler; 3 Eastern European Voices; 4 Public Man as Actor; 5 A Protean Public Figure; 6 Public Intellectuals from Brussels; 7 Responsible Satire; 8 Popular Fiction; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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| Abstract
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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
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Politics in literature.
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Authors-- Political and social views.
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Literature and society.
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Authors-- Intellectual life.
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Europe, Intellectual life.
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| Dewey Classification
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809.933581
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| LC Classification
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PN51
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| Added Entry
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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