On Literature
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2004
Type: BOOK
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On Literature
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Type: BOOK
But what exactly is literature? Why should we read literature? How do we read literature? These are some of the important questions J. Hillis Miller answers in this beautifully written and passionate book.
The Politics Book
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015-03-02
Type: BOOK
The Politics Book charts the development of long-running themes, such as attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from Confucius in ancient China to Mahatma Gandhi in 20th-century India.
On Literature
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2005
Type: BOOK
... to books . Reading works of literature forces on us an exercise of fidelity and respect , albeit within a certain freedom of interpretation . There is a dangerous critical heresy , typical of our time , according to which we can do ...
On Literature and Philosophy
Publisher: Gingko Library
Published: 2015-11-15
Type: BOOK
Together, these essays offer a fascinating window not just into the mind of Mahfouz himself but the changing landscape of Egypt during that time, from the development of Islam to the struggles between tradition, modernity, and the ...
Making Literature Now
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2016-08-03
Type: BOOK
Why does one writer's work become famous while another's remains invisible? Making Literature Now tells the stories of the creators, editors, readers, and critics who make their living by making literature itself come alive.
Bourdieu and Literature
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2011
Type: BOOK
This is the first full-length study of Bourdieu's work on literature in English, and it provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars of literary studies, cultural theory and sociology.
"What is Literature?" and Other Essays
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1988
Type: BOOK
What is Literature? challenges anyone who writes as if literature could be extricated from history or society. But Sartre does more than indict.
By the Book
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2014-10-28
Type: BOOK
For the devoted reader, By the Book is a way to invite sixty-five of the most interesting guests into your world. It's a book party not to be missed.
The Comparative Perspective on Literature
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019-06-30
Type: BOOK
... of literature , of the world of letters , a humanistic ecology , a literary Weltanschauung , a vision of the cultural universe , inclusive and comprehen- sive .... Comparative literature is the ineluctable result of general historical ...
