How to do things with fictions [electronic resource] /
by Landy, Joshua.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource : ill.ISBN: 9780199949458 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Fiction -- History and criticism | Books and readingOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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 to be of any real benefit.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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