Literature, Ethics, Morality: American Studies Perspectives

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8233-6967-7
Verlag: Narr

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 344 g

Reihe: Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature (SPELL)

This timely volume explores a wide range of American and Canadian literary texts that engage with moral/ethical dilemmas, from William Dean Howells's reformist novel Annie Kilburn to Edward Sapir's intermedial poems, to Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy, to Jonathan Franzen's bestselling The Corrections. Many of the contributors, among them Winfried Fluck and Noëlle McAfee, also engage with some of the most prominent voices in contemporary theoretical debates about ethics (Habermas, Levinas, Honneth, Arendt, Sen, Kristeva).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Askin, Ridvan

Schweighauser, Philipp

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Ridvan Askin is Postdoctoral Assistant in American and General Literatures at the University of Basel.
Philipp Schweighauser is Associate Professor and Head of American and General Literatures at the University of Basel.