Ammons, Elizabeth.

Brave new words : how literature will save the planet / Elizabeth Ammons. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2010. - xiv, 197 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index.

Postmodern fundamentalism -- What David Walker and Harriet Beecher Stowe still have to teach us -- The multicultural imperative -- Rising waters -- Jesus, Marx, and the future of the planet.

9781587298615 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1587298619 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009041320


American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Social change--Philosophy.
Humanism--Social aspects.
Social problems in literature.
Social justice in literature.
Humanism in literature.
Literature and morals.
Literature and society.

PS169.S57 / A44 2010

810.9/35