01361nam a2200289 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050002200173082001400195100002600209245007500235260005800310300003000368520032700398588009500725504005100820650003600871650002300907776003300930856009100963999001701054EDZ0000095418StDuBDS20150804193934.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120822s2012    nyua   fo|    001 0 eng|d  a9780199949458 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 0aPN3335b.L26 201204a808.32231 aLandy, Joshua,d1965-10aHow to do things with fictionsh[electronic resource] /cJoshua Landy.  aNew York ;aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource :bill.8 aWhy 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.  aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aFictionxHistory and criticism. 0aBooks and reading.08iPrint versionz9780195188561403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195188561.001.0001  c37564d37564