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Derek Attridge presents a fresh approach to the question of the value of literature, posing and responding to questions about the way we read and write about literature, its value to individuals and society, how it is best approached by readers and critics, and how it retains its power to give pleas...

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Main Author: Attridge, Derek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Literature and society.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Littérature et société.
Littérature > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Literature and society
Literature > Theory, etc.
Languages & Literatures.
Literature - General.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Derek Attridge presents a fresh approach to the question of the value of literature, posing and responding to questions about the way we read and write about literature, its value to individuals and society, how it is best approached by readers and critics, and how it retains its power to give pleasure over decades and centuries.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191797750
0191797758
0198733194
9780198733195
9780191047589
0191047589