Literature, Education, and Society - Bridging the Gap

Literature, Education, and Society argues that we must defend our differences from those practical disciplines by making manifest the importance to society of cultivating competing values.

List of contents

Chapter One The Gift that Keeps Giving: Why Education in the Arts Matters Chapter Two Appreciating Literary Fictions Chapter Three Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Revisited: The Ecstatic "Is" as Bridge Between Aesthetics and Ethics, Afterword

About the author

Charles F. Altieri is Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, California.

Summary

Literature, Education, and Society argues that we must defend our differences from those practical disciplines by making manifest the importance to society of cultivating competing values.

Product details

• Authors: Charles F. Altieri
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032393179
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239317-9
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Routledge Focus on Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy