{"product_id":"9781403946812","title":"Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture Reconciling the Void","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePostmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReconciling the Void\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eT. Davis | K. Womack\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDavis and Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience. The idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human beings seek out meaning, hope and community.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTODD F. DAVIS is Assistant Professor of English at Penn State Altoona, USA. He is the author of two collections of poetry entitled \u003cem\u003eRipe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSome Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e. His book-length publications include \u003cem\u003eMapping the Ethical Turn: A Reader in Ethics, Culture, and Literary Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFormalist Criticism and Reader-Response Theory\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKurt Vonnegut's Crusade, Or, How a Postmodern Harlequin Preached a New Kind of Humanism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKENNETH WOMACK is Associate Professor of English and Head of the Division of Arts and Humanities at Penn State Altoona, USA. He serves as Co-Editor of Oxford University Press' celebrated \u003cem\u003eYear's Work in English Studies\u003c\/em\u003e and his book-length publications include \u003cem\u003eKey Concepts in Literary Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePostwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 July 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781403946812\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e198\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804902592652,"sku":"9781403946812","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403946812.jpg?v=1781787548","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781403946812","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}