LEADER 03761nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910974785703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611730390 010 $a9781281730398 010 $a1281730394 010 $a9780300129595 010 $a0300129599 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300129595 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471804 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171456 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000271717 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271717 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295710 035 $a(PQKB)10736688 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158287 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420153 035 $a(DE-B1597)485141 035 $a(OCoLC)1023975074 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300129595 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170843 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173039 035 $a(OCoLC)923591496 035 $a(Perlego)1089447 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471804 100 $a20040202d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhy literature matters in the 21st century /$fMark William Roche 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 308 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9780300104493 311 0 $a0300104499 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tSources and Translations --$tChapter 1. Introduction --$tChapter 2. The Value of Literature --$tChapter 3. The Value of Literary Criticism --$tChapter 4. Contemporary Models --$tChapter 5. Categories of the Technological Age --$tChapter 6. Aesthetics in the Technological Age --$tChapter 7. The Value of Literature Today --$tChapter 8. Technology, Ethics, and Literature --$tChapter 9. The Literary Canon and the Literary Critic in the Twenty-First Century --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aNot just another jeremiad against prevailing isms and orthodoxies, Why Literature Matters in the 21st Century examines literature in its connection to virtue and moral excellence. The author is concerned with literature as the teacher of virtue. The current crisis in the humanities, Mark William Roche argues, may be traced back to the separation of art and morality. ("When the distinction between is and ought is leveled," he writes, "the power of the professions increases.")The arts and humanities concern themselves with the fate and prospects of humankind. Today that fate and those prospects are under the increasing influence of technology. In a technological age, literature gains in importance precisely to the extent that our sense of intrinsic value is lost. In its elevation of play and inexhaustible meaning, literature offers a counterbalance to reason and efficiency. It helps us grasp the ways in which diverse parts form a comprehensive and complex whole, and it connects us with other ages and cultures. Not least, great literature grapples with the ethical challenges of the day. 606 $aLiterature and morals 606 $aLiterature and technology 606 $aCriticism 606 $aCanon (Literature) 615 0$aLiterature and morals. 615 0$aLiterature and technology. 615 0$aCriticism. 615 0$aCanon (Literature) 676 $a801/.3 700 $aRoche$b Mark William$0602896 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974785703321 996 $aWhy literature matters in the 21st century$94363225 997 $aUNINA