Title: Dead on Arrival: Time and the Value of Old Books
Abstract:“The value of literature” is in itself a tautological proposition. Declaring that a particular piece of writing is “literature” makes a statement about its value. It distinguishes individual pieces of...“The value of literature” is in itself a tautological proposition. Declaring that a particular piece of writing is “literature” makes a statement about its value. It distinguishes individual pieces of writing from the vast mass of written material by making claims about the formal characteristics and affective power that allow them to be included in “literature,” and it implies that those texts have a value that is not contingent on the tastes or judgement of readers from a particular place or time.Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-11-06
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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