How to do things with fictions / Joshua Landy.

Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why does Plato's Socrates make bad arguments? Why do we root for criminal heroes? In mummy movies, why is the sceptic always the first to go? Witty and approachable, this book challenges the assumption that literary texts must be informative or morally improving...

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Main Author: Landy, Joshua, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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