‘Facts alone are wanted in life, ‘ exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens’ Hard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and – despite two and a half thousand years of arguments – no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-ended nature of literature that makes it such a rewarding and useful subject.
Eaglestone shows that studying literature can change who you are, turning you from a ‘reader’ into a ‘cr...
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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: What is Literature?
Chapter 2: Studying Literature
Chapter 3: Why Does Literature Matter?
Chapter 4: What Does Literature Teach?
Notes
Index
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Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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