Literature : Why It Matters Paperback / softback
by Robert (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Eaglestone
Part of the Why It Matters series
Paperback / softback
Description
‘Facts alone are wanted in life,’ exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens’ Hard 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 to Skyrim, this book shows how literature offers freer and deeper ways of thinking and being.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:25/01/2019
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- ISBN:9781509532322
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:25/01/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781509532322
