Literary Phenomenology and the Historicity of the Lifeworld: Personal and Public Crisis in Edmund Husserl and Ian McEwan.

This essay argues for the relevance of Edmund Husserl's transcendental phenomenological method as applied to Ian McEwan's presentation of private crisis and public history in his novel Lessons. Both Husserl and McEwan advocate for the judicious use of reason and rational inquiry in the direction of...

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Publicado en:Texas Studies in Literature & Language Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 51 - 71
Autor principal: Tan, Ian
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Publicado: University of Texas Press Spring2025
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