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Literature and Social Reflection
Random House
September 2010
On Sale: August 31, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1400062039
EAN: 9781400062034
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this book on shaping a meaningful and ethical life, the renowned, Pulitzer Prizeβwinning author explores how character, courage, and human and moral understanding can be fostered by reflecting on the lives of others, through stories. Based on Robert Colesβ legendary course at Harvard, this provocative book addresses such questions as, βWho are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?β It calls on us to become stronger and more aware, by reflecting on ourselves and others with the help of great literature and art. Dr. Coles shows how the work of writers, artists, and thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own reflections on the daily lives we lead. He offers a compelling call to venture outside of our own selves and lives and to listen, attentively and with growing humanity, to the way others get through life. Coles encourages us to examine our own character, kindness, and complexity by looking carefully at our perceptions of others, and by studying the wisdom of authors from Charles Dickens to Flannery OβConnor, from James Agee to George Orwell, and many others. In this influential conversation about empathy and engagement, Coles inspires us to seek out deeper meaning in our lives, and guides us toward achieving greater clarity, strength, and richness of understanding, amid the moral, psychological, and social complexities of the modern world.
 Media BuzzStudio 360 - December 4, 2010
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