Literature Matters
Author(s)
Hillis Miller, J.
Contributor(s)
Reif-Hülser, Monika (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
This new collection of J. Hillis Miller’s essays centres on the question “why and to what end should we read, teach, and spend our time with literary and/or cultural studies?” At a time when electronic media seem to dominate the market completely, and jobs follow the money flows into electronic and technical fields, literary and cultural studies might appear as a decorative addenda but not really necessary for the process of growth and development, neither in business nor in the area of personal development. This question is not really new, it has many facets, requires differentiated answers which depend and mirror the political and cultural climate of a society.
Keywords
cultural studies; literary studies; Franz Kafka; Friedrich Nietzsche; The Cares of a Family Man; United States; World literatureDOI
10.26530/OAPEN_613237ISBN
9781785420351OCN
962413651Publisher
Open Humanities PressPublication date and place
2016Classification
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Cultural studies