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Precious Nonsense: The Gettysburg Address, Ben Jonson's Epitaphs on His Children, and Twelfth Night
Precious Nonsense The Gettysburg Address Ben Jonson's Epitaphs on His Children and Twelfth Night
Author: Stephen Booth, University of California Press
Why do we value literature so? Many would say for the experience it brings us. But what is it about that experience that makes us treasure certain writings above others? Stephen Booth suggests that the greatest appeal of our most valued works may be that they are, in one way or another, nonsensical. He uses three disparate textsthe Getty...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520212886
ISBN-10: 0520212886
Publication Date: 12/30/1998
Pages: 218
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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