Moral Complexities in Turn of the Millennium British Literature

Moral Complexities in Turn of the Millennium British Literature
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9781793648471
ISBN-13 : 1793648476
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Book Synopsis Moral Complexities in Turn of the Millennium British Literature by : Mara E. Reisman

Download or read book Moral Complexities in Turn of the Millennium British Literature written by Mara E. Reisman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moral Complexities in Turn of the Millennium British Literature offers a critical analysis of moral complexity and social responsibility in works by Kazuo Ishiguro, Patrick McGrath, Graham Swift, Andrea Levy, and Jeanette Winterson. Mara Reisman argues that through their writing, these authors reveal and upset literary, cultural, and political fictions and encourage readers to think carefully about language, power, community, and social justice. The book examines moral issues in two different ways: how books by these authors address morally complex social, political, and cultural issues and how their books serve a moral function by challenging readers to be socially engaged. Reisman provides an in-depth analysis of The Remains of the Day, Asylum, The Light of Day, Small Island, and The Daylight Gate and uses these books to discuss twentieth- and twenty-first-century British politics and culture. These books address a wide variety of issues often associated with moral judgments: war, racism, adultery, maternal neglect, murder, professional misconduct, witchcraft, and religion. Despite this diversity and settings that range from the seventeenth century to the late twentieth century, these books include similar arguments about how empathy, personal responsibility, and civic engagement can create more productive social relations and a less divided world.


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