TY - BOOK AU - Attridge, Derek TI - The work of literature SN - 9780198798903 U1 - 801.95 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Literature and society KW - Literature--Theory, etc KW - Literature N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -