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Literature and the Public Good: The Literary Agenda
Rick Rylance
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The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the ... Read more
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Literary Agenda
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199654390
SKU
V9780199654390
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About Rick Rylance
Rick Rylance is Professor of English and Director of the Institute for English Studies in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. Until 2016, he was Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Chair of Research Councils UK (RCUK). Prior to that he was Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Literatures ... Read more
Reviews for Literature and the Public Good: The Literary Agenda
The discussion is wide-ranging, informative, and written in an accessible and readable style.
K. M. Newton (University of Dundee), The Modern Language Review
Rylance's contribution is expansive, reaching far beyond the traditional parameters of what constitutes literature by situating the book alongside discussions of the value of art and music within society.
Farah Chowdhury, British Society for ... Read more
K. M. Newton (University of Dundee), The Modern Language Review
Rylance's contribution is expansive, reaching far beyond the traditional parameters of what constitutes literature by situating the book alongside discussions of the value of art and music within society.
Farah Chowdhury, British Society for ... Read more