Uses of Literature

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4723-1
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

Reihe: Blackwell Manifestos

Uses of Literature bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature.
- Explores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we read
- Offers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock
- Argues for a new “phenomenology” in literary studies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions of reading
- Includes examples of literature from a wide range of national literary traditions

Zielgruppe

Primarily geared to academics, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students, but may be of interest to general readers. For use on undergraduate and graduate courses in literary theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Felski, Rita

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction 1

1 Recognition 23

2 Enchantment 51

3 Knowledge 77

4 Shock 105

Conclusion 132

Notes 136

Index 146

Über Autor(innen)

The Author
Rita Felski is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia, and an Associate Editor of New Literary History. She is the author of Beyond Feminist Aesthetics, The Gender of Modernity, Doing Time: Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture, and Literature After Feminism. She is also editor of Rethinking Tragedy.