Futile Pleasures : Early Modern Literature and the Limits of Utility /

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"Examines the ambivalent role that pleasure plays in early modern English writers' attempts to defend the utility of literature. Traces how that ambivalence gets replayed in modern critical frameworks as well as debates about the value of the humanities and liberal arts"--

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McEleney, Corey (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Senses and sensation in literature.
Pleasure in literature.
Literature and society.
English literature > Early modern.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Sens et sensations dans la litterature.
Plaisir dans la litterature.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:"Examines the ambivalent role that pleasure plays in early modern English writers' attempts to defend the utility of literature. Traces how that ambivalence gets replayed in modern critical frameworks as well as debates about the value of the humanities and liberal arts"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780823272693

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