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050	0	0	_aPN45 _b.M495 2002
100	1		_aMiller, J. Hillis _q(Joseph Hillis), _d1928- _99560
245	1	0	_aOn Literature / _cJ. Hillis Miller.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2002.
300			_axii, 164 p. ; _c20 cm.
440		0	_aThinking in action _99561
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. What is Literature? 2. Literature as Virtual Reality 3. The Secret of Literature 4. Why Read Literature? 5. How to Read Literature?
520			_aDebates rage over what kind of literature we should read, what is good and bad literature, and whether in the global, digital age, literature even has a future. But what exactly is literature? Why should we read literature? How do we read literature? These are some of the important questions J. Hillis Miller answers in this beautifully written and passionate book. He begins by asking what literature is, arguing that the answer lies in literature's ability to create an imaginary world simply with words. He describes how his early reading of The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe as a child led him to this view. He then discusses several famous writers who have used literature in this way, from Dostoevsky, Trollope, Proust and Henry James to Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida and J. M. Coetzee. On Literature also asks the crucial question of why literature has such authority over us. Returning to Plato, Aristotle and the Bible, J. Hillis Miller argues we should continue to read literature because it is part of our basic human need to create imaginary worlds and to have stories. Above all, On Literature is a plea that we continue to read and care about literature.
650		0	_aLiterature. _92769
650		0	_aBooks and reading. _99562
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