Work of Literature
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780198733195
Subjects: Literature, history and criticism; Literature and society
Description: 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.