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Why Literature Matters in the 21st Century

Mark William Roche • Yale University Press • ISBN 9780300212020

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Why Literature Matters in the 21st Century

Mark William Roche • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 9780300212020

ISBN-10 030021202X • 2014

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ISBN 9780300212020 • Completeness 51

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Not just another jeremiad against prevailing isms and orthodoxies, Why Literature Matters in the 21st Century examines literature in its connection to virtue...

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Publisher: Yale University Press
2014
Pages: 320

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Contributor: Mark William Roche

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Category: AestheticsCategory: Ethics And LiteratureCategory: Humanities EducationCategory: Literary TheoryCategory: Philosophy Of LiteratureCategory: Moral PhilosophyCategory: Aesthetic ValueCategory: Critical Inquiry

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