- Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 243 pages)
- Summary
- "Examines the ambivalent role that pleasure plays in early modern English writers' attempts to defend the utility of literature. Traces how that ambivalence gets replayed in modern critical frameworks as well as debates about the value of the humanities and liberal arts"--
- Uniform Title
- Futile pleasures (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Futile pleasures (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2016013983
- OCLC
- ssj0001732122
- Author
McEleney, Corey.
- Title
Futile pleasures [electronic resource] : early modern literature and the limits of utility / Corey McEleney.
- Imprint
New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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