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020 _a9780199949458 (ebook) :
_cNo price
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050 0 _aPN3335
_b.L26 2012
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100 1 _aLandy, Joshua,
_d1965-
245 1 0 _aHow to do things with fictions
_h[electronic resource] /
_cJoshua Landy.
260 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource :
_bill.
520 8 _aWhy 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.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aFiction
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aBooks and reading.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195188561
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195188561.001.0001
999 _c37564
_d37564