02616oam 2200649I 450 991079218250332120230803023656.01-134-10717-X1-134-10710-20-203-38302-810.4324/9780203383025 (CKB)2560000000102146(EBL)1207515(OCoLC)847142333(SSID)ssj0000887747(PQKBManifestationID)12465892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887747(PQKBWorkID)10841986(PQKB)10988872(MiAaPQ)EBC1207515(Au-PeEL)EBL1207515(CaPaEBR)ebr10717435(CaONFJC)MIL494975(OCoLC)848162936(OCoLC)860608005(FINmELB)ELB131945(EXLCZ)99256000000010214620180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiterature and the human criticism, theory, practice /Andy MousleyMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-61467-8 0-415-61466-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Emotion -- History -- Universals and particulars -- Depth -- Beholding.<P>Why does literature matter? What is its human value? Historical approaches to literature have for several decades prevailed over the idea that literary works can deepen our understanding of fundamental questions of existence. This book re-affirms literature's existential value by developing a new critical vocabulary for thinking about literature's human meaningfulness. It puts this vocabulary into practice through close reading of a wide range of texts, from <I>The Second Wakefield Shepherds' Play</I> to Mohsin Hamid's <I>The Reluctant Fundamentalist</I>. Individual chapters discuss: </P><ULiteraturePhilosophyHumanism in literatureLiterature, ModernHistory and criticismTheory, etcLiteraturePhilosophy.Humanism in literature.Literature, ModernHistory and criticismTheory, etc.801Mousley Andy1959-,868058MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792182503321Literature and the human3788229UNINA