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Literature

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Literature

By Robert Eaglestone

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About the book

'Facts alone are wanted in life, ' exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens' Hard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and - despite two and a half thousand years of arguments - no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-ended nature of literature that makes it such a rewarding and useful subject. Eaglestone shows that studying literature can change who you are, turning you from a 'reader' into a 'critic' someone at...Show more

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ISBN

9781509532315

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2019

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1

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Literature

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Hardcover

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