The Hatred of Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | William Marx | ISBN: | 9780674983069 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Marx |
| ISBN: | 9780674983069 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny. The threat to literature’s continued existence, William Marx writes, is not hatred but indifference.
For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny. The threat to literature’s continued existence, William Marx writes, is not hatred but indifference.
