Attridge, Derek

The work of literature/ by Derek Attridge - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. - ix,324p.

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.

9780198798903


Literature and society
Literature--Theory, etc
Literature

801.95 / ATT/W