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Writers as Public Intellectuals

Literature, Celebrity, Democracy

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Odile Heynders

    1. Tilburg University, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature (PMEL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Transformations of the Public Intellectual

    • Odile Heynders
    Pages 1-25

  3. Conscientious Chronicler

    • H. M. Enzensberger
    Pages 26-51

  4. Eastern European Voices

    • Slavenka Drakulić, Dubravka Ugresić
    Pages 52-73

  5. Public Man as Actor

    • Bernard-Henri Lévy
    Pages 74-96

  6. A Protean Public Figure

    • Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Pages 97-120

  7. Public Intellectuals from Brussels

    • David van Reybrouck, Geert van Istendael
    Pages 121-138

  8. Responsible Satire

    • Hamed Abdel-Samad
    Pages 139-159

  9. Popular Fiction

    • Elif Shafak
    Pages 160-181

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 182-218
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tilburg University, The Netherlands

    Odile Heynders

About the author

Odile Heynders is Professor of Comparative Literature at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Her research interests include contemporary literary history, intellectual history and cultural studies, and her publications include articles in journals such as the European Journal of Life Writing, Journal of Dutch Literature and a chapter in New Public Spheres: Recontextualising the Intellectual (ed. Thijssen et al, 2013).

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