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Book SynopsisWhile scholars frequently discuss different types of value separately, this book approaches values of literature in the plural. It shows how and why the ethical, aesthetic, cognitive, affective, social, historical, and existential values of literature should be explored in connection with each other. Through their interplay, the book argues, literature engages in its own distinctively literary forms of value inquiry.
Table of ContentsHanna Meretoja and Pirjo Lyytikäinen: Introduction – Why We Read: The Plural Values of Literature Part One: Literature and Ethics Hanna Meretoja: A Sense of History—A Sense of the Possible: Nussbaum and Hermeneutics on the Ethical Potential of Literature Angela Locatelli: The Moral and the Fable: A Fluid Relationship in Artistic Literature Daphna Erdinast–Vulcan: From Representation to Performance: A Bakhtinian Perspective on Literature and Ethics Colin Davis: What Can Literature Do? Jorge Semprun, Militancy, and the Scandal of Art Part Two: Cognitive, Affective, and Social Values Vera Nünning: Cognitive Science and the Value of Literature for Life Ansgar Nünning: “The Extension of our Sympathies”: George Eliot’s Aesthetic Theory and Narrative Technique as a Key to the Affective, Cognitive, and Social Value of Literature Saija Isomaa: How Are Literary Genres Valuable? A Value-Pluralist Approach to Genres Part Three: Questioning and Constructing the Values of Literature Kristina Malmio: The Role of Debate in Creating the Aesthetic, Cultural, and Social Value of Literature Tero Eljas Vanhanen: Can We Do Wrong with Fiction? Empathy, Exclusion, and Enmity in The Turner Diaries Magnus Persson: The Literature Myth About the Authors Index
