{"product_id":"uses-of-literature-hardcover","title":"Uses of Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUses of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rita Felski demonstrates the impossible: that recent literary and common readers not only have something to say to each other, but actually need one another.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerald Graff\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUses of Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe diverse motives and mysteries of why we read are explored in this groundbreaking new work by Rita Felski. Challenging many time-worn homilies and theories put forth in contemporary literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eUses of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e offers refreshing new insights into the purpose and value of reading literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProposing that the interaction between reader and literature involves four \"modes of textual engagement\"--recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock--the author bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about literature. Wonderfully original and brimming with valuable insights and provocative ideas, \u003ci\u003eUses of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way you think about why you read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45579396776038,"sku":"9781405147231","price":161.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Y2XmzKzQJV9781405147231.webp?v=1777607446","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/uses-of-literature-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}