Seven Modes of Uncertainty

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Author: C. Namwali Serpell ISBN: 9780674419681
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: April 1, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: C. Namwali Serpell
ISBN: 9780674419681
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: April 1, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Literature is uncertain. Literature is good for us. These two ideas are often taken for granted. But what is the relationship between literature's capacity to perplex and its ethical value? Seven Modes of Uncertainty contends that literary uncertainty is crucial to ethics because it pushes us beyond the limits of our experience.
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Literature is uncertain. Literature is good for us. These two ideas are often taken for granted. But what is the relationship between literature's capacity to perplex and its ethical value? Seven Modes of Uncertainty contends that literary uncertainty is crucial to ethics because it pushes us beyond the limits of our experience.

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