01361nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000095418 StDuBDS 20150804193934.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120822s2012 nyua fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199949458 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PN3335 .L26 2012 808.3 23 Landy, Joshua, 1965- How to do things with fictions [electronic resource] / Joshua Landy. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource : ill. Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why does Plato's Socrates make bad arguments? Why do we root for criminal heroes? In mummy movies, why is the sceptic always the first to go? Witty and approachable, this book challenges the assumption that literary texts must be informative or morally improving to be of any real benefit. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Fiction History and criticism. Books and reading. Print version 9780195188561 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195188561.001.0001 37564 37564