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

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