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MICHAEL COKER must travel into the past to Panama in 1739 to solve the mystery of the Legend of Cascara. This novel captures exciting details about Panama, its people, history, and conflicts. Cascara, a Guaymi Indian princess shamed by Conquistador deception, leads Michael to the adventures of an English medical officer during the 'War of Jenkins Ear' while he traverses the Isthmus of Panama in pursuit of Spanish Conquistadors and early explor...

The book is different from other work in the philosophy of literature to the extent that it aims to retool Jürgen Habermas' theory of communicative action to provide a description of the role that literature plays in the political public sphere. Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play ...

Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. David Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate that a specific, literary form of rationality inheres in literary practice and the public reception of literary works which provides a unique contrib...