Fiction Agonistes: In Defense of Literature

by Gregory Jusdanis

Book Overview

In this path-breaking new work, Gregory Jusdanis asks why literature matters. Why are we afraid to admit our pleasures of reading, to defend the arts to the school board, to discuss the importance of literature in life? Drawing on a wealth of references from Aristophanes to Eudora Welty, from Fernando Pessoa to Orhan Pamuk, from Cavafy to hypertext stories, Jusdanis reminds us that the arts have always been under attack. Instead of despair, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804768765
• ISBN13: 9780804768764
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"