Felski Uses of Literature

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5963-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Manifestos

Uses of Literature bridges the gap between literary theoryand 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 readliterature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, andshock
* Argues for a new "phenomenology" in literarystudies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions ofreading
* Includes examples of literature from a wide range of nationalliterary traditions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Felski, Rita

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)

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.