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Provides a deeper understanding of the comforts of reading literature

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"In his remarkably informed and sensitive study, J rgen Pieters proposes an exceptional long-term perspective on the diverse uses of literature throughout centuries and this allows us to understand on a deeper level how and why contemporary literature can now claim what could be called a new consoling turn." -William Marx, Coll ge de France

Literature and Consolation

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 07/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9781474456562, 978-1474456562
      ISBN10: 1474456561

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a deeper understanding of the comforts of reading literature

      Trade Review
      "In his remarkably informed and sensitive study, J rgen Pieters proposes an exceptional long-term perspective on the diverse uses of literature throughout centuries and this allows us to understand on a deeper level how and why contemporary literature can now claim what could be called a new consoling turn." -William Marx, Coll ge de France

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