The risk of reading : how literature helps us to understand ourselves and the world /

"The Risk of Reading is a defense of the idea that deep and close readings of literature can help us to understand ourselves and the world around us. It explores some of the meaning and implications of modern life through the deep reading of significant books. Waxler argues that we need "f...

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Main Author:	Waxler, Robert P., 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Subjects:	Fiction. Books and reading. Literature > Philosophy. Self-actualization (Psychology) LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Online Access:	Cover image