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Marx, William

The Hatred of Literature / William Marx. - 1 online resource (220 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Literature and Anti-literature -- Words from Elsewhere -- First Trial: Authority -- Second Trial: Truth -- Third Trial: Morality -- Fourth Trial: Society -- Conclusion: The Hidden Face of Literature -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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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.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674982598

Standard No.: 10.4159/9780674982598 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Censorship--History.
Literature and morals--History.
Literature--History and criticism.
Prohibited books--History.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.

LC Class. No.: PN45 / .M387313 2018eb

Dewey Class. No.: 801/.9