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The Imaginary Library: An Essay on Literature and Society
By (Author) Alvin B. Kernan
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: general
801
Hardback
196
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
454g
In this speculative treatment of literature as a social institution, Alvin B. Kernan explores the inability of contemporary writers and critics to maintain a literary vision in a society that denies their values and methods. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availab