The Hatred of Literature / / William Marx.
For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny. The threat to literature’s continued existence, Wi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Literature and Anti-literature -- Words from Elsewhere -- First Trial: Authority -- Second Trial: Truth -- Third Trial: Morality -- Fourth Trial: Society -- Conclusion: The Hidden Face of Literature -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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| Summary: | For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny. The threat to literature’s continued existence, William Marx writes, is not hatred but indifference. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674982598 9783110543315 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674982598 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | William Marx. |