{"product_id":"uses-of-literature-9781405147248","title":"Uses of Literature","description":"\u003ci\u003eUses of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we read\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues for a new \"phenomenology\" in literary studies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions of reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes examples of literature from a wide range of national literary traditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia, and an Associate Editor of New Literary History. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Feminist Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoing Time: Feminist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Postmodern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterature After Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also editor of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492434841874,"sku":"9781405147248","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e436ae6-4bdb-4675-878c-6e8f65588ac8.jpg?v=1730590533","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/uses-of-literature-9781405147248","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}