Why Literature?: The Value of Literary Reading and What It Means for Teaching

by Cristina Vischer Bruns (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $32.31

  Offers a defense of the value of literature and suggests ways in which the problematic relationship between personal and academic reading may be overcome. This title offers a conception of the value of literary reading that demonstrates its importance for psychological and social wellbeing.