TY  - BOOK
AU  - Felski, Rita
TI  - Uses of literature 
SN  - 9781405147248
U1  - 801 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Blackwell
KW  - Literature-Philosophy
KW  - Books and reading
N2  - Uses of Literature bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature.
Explores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we read
Offers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock
Argues for a new “phenomenology” in literary studies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions of reading
Includes examples of literature from a wide range of national literary traditions
ER  -