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Reading for life /

'Reading for Life' is an anthology of poems and of extracts from prose fiction, related to a series of case-histories of individuals carefully reading, discussing their reading lives and thinking about the relation of literature to their existence. It enables readers to gain increased imag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Philip (Philip Maurice) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Books and reading > Great Britain.

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