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Why Does Literature Matter?
Frank B. Farrell
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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 manner that we owe it to past and future members of the species to keep such texts alive in our cultural traditions. -from Chapter One Frank B. Farrell defends a rich conception of the space of literature that retains its links to issues of self-formation and metaphysics and does not let that space ... Read more
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 manner that we owe it to past and future members of the species to keep such texts alive in our cultural traditions. -from Chapter One Frank B. Farrell defends a rich conception of the space of literature that retains its links to issues of self-formation and metaphysics and does not let that space ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801441806
SKU
V9780801441806
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About Frank B. Farrell
Frank B. Farrell is Professor of Philosophy at Purchase College, State University of New York. He is the author of Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism: The Recovery of the World.
Reviews for Why Does Literature Matter?
Why Does Literature Matter? is a very intelligent, accessible, attractive, and illuminating book with wide-ranging, well-chosen literary examples and insightful analyses. Frank B. Farrell's defense of a moderate linguistic turn and exposition of a psychological-metaphysical model for understanding literature's significance are clear and convincing.
Donald Marshall, Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books, Pepperdine University Farrell, a political ... Read more
Donald Marshall, Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books, Pepperdine University Farrell, a political ... Read more