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How to do things with fictions [electronic resource] / Joshua Landy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:
  • 9780199949458 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 808.3 23
LOC classification:
  • PN3335 .L26 2012
Online resources: 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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