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Literature

eBook - Why It Matters, Why It Matters

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ISBN/EAN: 9781509532346
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 160 S., 0.16 MB
Auflage: 1. Auflage 2019
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Format: EPUB
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Beschreibung

Facts alone are wanted in life, exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of DickensHard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and despite two and a half thousand years of arguments no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-ended nature of literature that makes it such a rewarding and useful subject.

Eaglestone shows that studying literature can change who you are, turning you from a reader into a critic: someone attuned to the ways we make meaning in our world. Literature is a living conversation which provides endless opportunities to rethink and reinterpret our societies and ourselves. With examples ranging from Sappho toSkyrim, this book shows how literature offers freer and deeper ways of thinking and being.

Autorenportrait

Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: What is Literature?

Chapter 2: Studying Literature

Chapter 3: Why Does Literature Matter?

Chapter 4: What Does Literature Teach?

Notes

Index

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