The Hatred of Literature
Download or Read eBook The Hatred of Literature PDF written by William Marx and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : William Marx |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2018-01-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674976122 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674976126 |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Hatred of Literature by : William Marx
Book excerpt: 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.