Landy, Joshua, 1965-
How to do things with fictions [electronic resource] / Joshua Landy. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199949458 (ebook) : No price
Fiction--History and criticism.
Books and reading.
PN3335 / .L26 2012
808.3
How to do things with fictions [electronic resource] / Joshua Landy. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199949458 (ebook) : No price
Fiction--History and criticism.
Books and reading.
PN3335 / .L26 2012
808.3