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Literature and the public good /
"Rick Rylance addresses the debate over the public value of literary studies in a book which starts from the widely-remarked predicament of the humanities in modern times. By comparison with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the humanities can be negatively characterized as at...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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UK:
OUP,
2016
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
| Series: | Literary agenda.
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| 250 | |a First Edition. | ||
| 260 | |a UK: |b OUP, |c 2016 | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 226 pages ; |c 20 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a The literary agenda | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : platforms -- Value problems -- Some answers -- Money -- Goods -- The power of empathy. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Rick Rylance addresses the debate over the public value of literary studies in a book which starts from the widely-remarked predicament of the humanities in modern times. By comparison with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the humanities can be negatively characterized as at best optional extras; at worst, frivolous and wasteful. Funders and policy-makers can question their value in terms of utility, vocational prospects, and intrinsic worth, while journalists and commentators predict extinction."--Page [4] of cover. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Common good. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Humanities. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Literature and society. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Gemeinwohl | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Gesellschaft | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Humanities. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Literatur | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Literature and society. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Literaturwissenschaft | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Öffentliche Leistung | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Öffentliches Gut | |
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