Renegotiating Ethics in Literature Philosophy and Theory

Is it possible for postmodernism to offer coherent accounts of ethics in a fragmented social and intellectual world? In this collection a distinguished international gathering of philosophers and literary scholars address the renewed interest in the literary text as a focus for ethical issues. Exponents of this trend include Charles Taylor Bernard Williams Iris Murdoch Cora Diamond Richard Rorty and Martha Nussbaum--a contributor and a key figure in this volume. This book assesses the significance of this development for ethical and literary theory.