The use and abuse of literature /
Garber, Marjorie B.
The use and abuse of literature / Marjorie Garber. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2011. - 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Use and abuse -- The pleasures of the canon -- What isn't literature -- What's love got to do with it? -- So you want to read a poem -- Why literature is always contemporary -- On truth and lie in a literary sense -- Mixed metaphors -- The impossibility of closure.
9780375424342
2010035417
Literature--Philosophy.
Literature--Appreciation.
PN45 / .G312 2011
801
The use and abuse of literature / Marjorie Garber. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2011. - 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Use and abuse -- The pleasures of the canon -- What isn't literature -- What's love got to do with it? -- So you want to read a poem -- Why literature is always contemporary -- On truth and lie in a literary sense -- Mixed metaphors -- The impossibility of closure.
9780375424342
2010035417
Literature--Philosophy.
Literature--Appreciation.
PN45 / .G312 2011
801