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238 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781587296048
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Publication date: 01 December 2007
Description
In what can only be called a genuine intellectual adventure, Russell Berman raises fundamental questions long ignored by literary scholars; Why does literature command our attention at all? Why would society want to cultivate a sphere of activity ...
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238 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781587296048
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Publication date: 01 December 2007
Description
In what can only be called a genuine intellectual adventure, Russell Berman raises fundamental questions long ignored by literary scholars; Why does literature command our attention at all? Why would society want to cultivate a sphere of activity ...