Title: Precious nonsense: the Gettysburg address, Ben Jonson's epitaphs on his children, and Twelfth night Author: Booth, Stephen
Published: University of California Press, 1998
Subjects: LiteraturePublisher's Description: 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. . . .
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