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Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why does Plato's Socrates make bad arguments? Why do we root for criminal heroes? In mummy movies, why is the sceptic always the first to go? Witty and approachable, this book challenges the assumption that literary texts must be informative or morally improving...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Landy, Joshua, 1965-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Sujets:
Fiction > History and criticism.
Books and reading.
Roman > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Books and reading
Fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why does Plato's Socrates make bad arguments? Why do we root for criminal heroes? In mummy movies, why is the sceptic always the first to go? Witty and approachable, this book challenges the assumption that literary texts must be informative or morally improving to be of any real benefit.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations, tables
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199720002
0199720002
019994945X
9780199949458

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