The hatred of literature

For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny. The threat to literature's continued existenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Marx, William, 1966- (-)
Otros Autores: Elliott, Nicholas
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2018.
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Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny. The threat to literature's continued existence, William Marx writes, is not hatred but indifference.--
Descripción Física:228 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780674982598