Ebook: The Hatred of Literature

For 2,500 years literature has been condemned in the name of authority, truth, morality and society. But in making explicit what a society expects from literature, anti-literary discourse paradoxically asserts the validity of what it wishes to deny;Indhold: Introduction: Literature and anti-literature ; Words from elsewhere ; First trial: Authority ; Second trial: Truth ; Third trial: Morality ; Fourth trial: Society ; Conclusion: The hidden face of literature