The hatred of literature:

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 existenc...

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Main Author: Marx, William 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: Elliott, Nicholas (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2018
Edition:First printing
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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....
Item Description:"This book was originally published in French as La haine de la litterature (c) 2015 by Les Editions de Minuit, 7, rue Bernard-Palissy, 74006 Paris.". - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:228 pages
ISBN:9780674976122