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200 10$aFiction sets you free$b[electronic resource] $eliterature, liberty, and western culture /$fRussell A. Berman
210   $aIowa City $cUniversity Of Iowa Press$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (263 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-228) and index.
327   $aContents; Acknowledgments; Why Literature Matters; Introduction; 1. Periodization and the Canon; 2. Human Origins and Literary Beginnings; 3. Writing and Heroism; 4. Literacy and Autonomy; 5. The Epic and the Individual; 6. Religion and Writing; 7. The Democracy of Literature; 8. Imagination and Economy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aIn what can only be called a genuine intellectual adventure, Russell Berman raises fundamental questions long ignored by literary scholars; Why does literature command our attention at all? Why would society want to cultivate a sphere of activity devoted to the careful study of literary fiction? Written as a tonic to what he calls the debilitating cultural relativism of contemporary literary studies, Fiction Sets You Free advances the innovative argument that literature and capitalism, rather than representing merely commercialization, actually belie a long and positive association: literary a
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