{"product_id":"uses-of-literature-9781405147231","title":"Uses of Literature","description":"\u003ci\u003eUses of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we read\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues for a new \"phenomenology\" in literary studies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions of reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes examples of literature from a wide range of national literary traditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Felski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.34w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405147231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia, and an Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Feminist Aesthetics, The Gender of Modernity, Doing Time: Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterature After Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also editor of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44415569395827,"sku":"9781405147231","price":136.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8873ac99-1a27-4432-8b94-b235a193ff10.jpg?v=1772199411","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/uses-of-literature-9781405147231","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}