In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century (Blackwell Manifestos)

by Daniel R . Schwarz (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $39.89

  What happens when we read imaginative literature? What do we learn from reading such texts? Reading complements our experience, sharpens our perceptions, gives us insight into how other humans live, enables us to understand other cultures and periods, and gives us aesthetic pleasure.