UID:
edoccha_9958125726702883
Format:
1 online resource (171 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781785420351 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Open Access e-Books
Content:
This new collection of J. Hillis Miller’s essays centres on the question “why and to what end should we read, teach, and spend our time with literary and/or cultural studies?” At a time when electronic media seem to dominate the market completely, and jobs follow the money flows into electronic and technical fields, literary and cultural studies might appear as a decorative addenda but not really necessary for the process of growth and development, neither in business nor in the area of personal development. This question is not really new, it has many facets, requires differentiated answers which depend and mirror the political and cultural climate of a society.
Note:
Introduction -- I. Cold heaven, cold comfort: should we read or teach literature now? -- II. Should we read literature now, and, if so, how? Transgressing boundaries with Iser and Coetzee -- III. A defense of literature and literary study in a time of globalization and the new tele-technologies -- IV. Ecotechnics: ecotechnological Odradek -- V. Theories of community: Nancy Contra Stevens -- VI. Globalization and world literature -- Permissions.
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Also available in print form.
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English
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781785420344
Language:
English
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