num_pages: 255
description: Through an examination of the work of poets and novelists who have managed to garner honor -- including Shakespeare, Homer, and Emily Dickinson -- and those whose reputations are of more recent vintage and therefore more difficult to evaluate such as Tom Wolfe, Seamus Heaney, and Toni Morrison -- Glenn Arbery explores the title question with elegant prose and subtle criticism.
language: English
title: Why Literature Matters: Permanence and the Politics of Reputation
titlecomplete: Why Literature Matters: Permanence and the Politics of Reputation
genres: Literature, Criticism
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute