Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age
Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age
Alter, Robert
0393314995
ISBN 13: 9780393314991
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Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age

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From one of our premier literary scholars, here is a learned and witty introduction to the "sheer vitality of literature and the satisfactions of a close, informed engagement with it" ( "New York Times" ). Robert Alter's illumination of the unique power of reading literature is especially valuable at a time when we are surrounded by electronic texts that distract more than engage and when the special claims of literature are disparaged by the high priests of literary theory.

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