The work of literature/ by Derek Attridge

By:

Attridge, Derek

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: ix,324pISBN:

9780198798903

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

801.95 ATT/W

Contents:

Part 1. 1. The singularity of literature: a cross-examination -- Part 2. 2. Justice -- 3. Singularity -- 4. Criticism -- 5. Context -- 6. Culture -- 7. Metaphor -- 8. Knowing -- 9. Affect -- 10. Hospitality.

Summary: 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.

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Book	Study Centre Alappuzha, University of Kerala	Study Centre Alappuzha, University of Kerala	801.95 ATT/W (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		USCA4512

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Part 1.
1. The singularity of literature: a cross-examination --
Part 2.
2. Justice --
3. Singularity --
4. Criticism --
5. Context --
6. Culture --
7. Metaphor --
8. Knowing --
9. Affect --
10. Hospitality.

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.

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