<p>"Literature matters because... it allows for experiences important to the living out of a sophisticated and satisfying human life; because other arenas of culture cannot provide them to the same degree; and because a relatively small number of texts carry out these functions in so exceptional a m
Why does literature matter?
✍ Scribed by Farrell, Frank B
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 282
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Subjects
20e siècle;Littérature américaine;Littérature américaine--1945- ...--Histoire et critique--Théorie, etc;Littérature américaine--20e siècle--Histoire et critique--Théorie, etc;Littérature anglaise;Littérature anglaise--1945- ...--Histoire et critique--Théorie, etc;Littérature anglaise--20e siècle--Histoire et critique--Théorie, etc;Littérature--Philosophie;Philosophie;Théorie littéraire;Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc;Littérature anglaise -- 20e siècle
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