Why read? /
Argues that questions about the uses of literature are essential to a literary education and that reading not for only training and education, but also for pleasure, can change students' lives for the better.
| Main Author: | Edmundson, Mark, 1952- |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Bloomsbury :
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Subjects: |
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