Futile pleasures : early modern literature and the limits of utility /
Examines the ambivalent role that pleasure plays in early modern English writers' attempts to defend the utility of literature. Traces how that ambivalence gets replayed in modern critical frameworks as well as debates about the value of the humanities and liberal arts.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Examines the ambivalent role that pleasure plays in early modern English writers' attempts to defend the utility of literature. Traces how that ambivalence gets replayed in modern critical frameworks as well as debates about the value of the humanities and liberal arts. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 243 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823272655 0823272656 9780823272662 0823272664 |