The use and abuse of literature /

Garber, Marjorie B., 1944-

The use and abuse of literature / Marjorie Garber. - 1st ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2012. - 320 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Use and abuse -- The pleasures of the canon -- What isn't literature -- What's love got to do with it? -- So you want to read a poem -- Why literature is always contemporary -- On truth and lie in a literary sense -- Mixed metaphors -- The impossibility of closure.

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Literature--Philosophy.
Literatura --Filosofía
Literature--Appreciation.
Literatura --Apreciación

PN 45 / G213u 2012

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