Download or read book Literature and the Renewal of the Public Sphere written by M. Walhout and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-08-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the ways in which religion and literature are capable of renewing what the eminent German philosopher Jürgen Habermas refers to as 'the public sphere'. The essays range from close commentaries on particular texts ( King Lear, The Brothers Karamazov, 'Bartleby the Scrivener') to surveys of the careers of selected writers who have entered the public sphere (Elizabeth Gaskell, W.H. Auden, Raymond Carver, Sherman Alexie), to historical and theoretical examinations of various national and international public spheres.