{"product_id":"activism-and-the-literary-self-jeffrey-f-keuss-9781350375703","title":"Activism and the Literary Self in 20th and 21st-Century Literature: Poetics of Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring how Shusaku Endo, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Merton, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, and Octavia E. Butler engage with social justice and activism, this book explores the significant role that literature plays in the formation of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJeff Keuss foregrounds literature and the role of poetics as both a method and a frame by which justice can not only be understood but uniquely positioned to transform and redeem the moral call on individuals in ways that some recent philosophical and ethical projects do not. He examines how these authors are representative of a theme in literature which is the \"turn to justice\" as a literary form and discusses how these authors' engagement with activism challenges isolated and anxious models of contemporary selfhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemonstrating how these writers utilize fiction, across different contexts of race, gender, culture, and theological denominations, to present themes of justice in communion with others, Keuss provides new insights into \"communal selfhood\" and shows how we can use this idea to shape our ideas of ethics, morality, activism, and justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey F. Keuss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350375705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350375703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d","brand":"Jeffrey F. Keuss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602834182399,"sku":"9781350375703","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5692ba4a-dfbf-4c45-a151-efd61ea658bc.jpg?v=1739695430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/activism-and-the-literary-self-jeffrey-f-keuss-9781350375703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}