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Literature and Belief : English Institute Essays • 1957 /

A collection of essays on the topic of belief -- or the suspension of disbelief -- in the reading and appreciation of literature. While the essays display diverse approaches to the topic, they all agree that a work of literature is to be apprehended for its inherent and terminal values, but that it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Abrams, M. H. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1958]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A collection of essays on the topic of belief -- or the suspension of disbelief -- in the reading and appreciation of literature. While the essays display diverse approaches to the topic, they all agree that a work of literature is to be apprehended for its inherent and terminal values, but that it involves assumptions and beliefs and sympathies with which a large measure of concurrence is indispensable for the reading of literature as literature and not another thing.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9780231885737
9783110442489
Acceso:restricted access