Playing the Hand We Are Dealt: The Counterpoint of Fate and Freewill in Literature and Life

Jackson, Michael

 
9781805397045: Playing the Hand We Are Dealt: The Counterpoint of Fate and Freewill in Literature and Life
ISBN 10 : 1805397044 ISBN 13 : 9781805397045
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2024

Synopsis

The relationship between literature and life can be construed as a counterpoint of fate and freewill. Rather than equating fate to the 'hand we are dealt' which is reducible to the social or familial environments into which we are born, this book explores the idea of fate through the books that shape our lives and under whose influence we write. Writing in this sense is seen as beyond its utility of making meaning. It is a way of recovering agency in the face of overwhelming experiences. In juxtaposing factuality and fiction, the author makes a case for a radically empirical approach to human experience.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Jackson is Senior Research Fellow in World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of over forty books of poetry, ethnography, fiction and memoir, including The Politics of Storytelling (2002), The Genealogical Imagination (2021), Coincidences (2021) andFriendship (2023)

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1805397044
ISBN 13 
9781805397045
Reliure
Belle reliure
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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