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01937aam a2200397 i 4500 001 D2D25C0200A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170304010220 008 160613t20172017nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016013983 020 $a 0823272656 020 $a 9780823272655 020 $a 0823272664 020 $a 9780823272662 035 $a (OCoLC)950450595 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR421 M29 2017 100 1 $a McEleney, Corey, $e author. 245 10 $a Futile pleasures : $b early modern literature and the limits of utility / $c Corey McEleney. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Fordham University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a vii, 243 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index. 505 0 $a Futilitarianism: An Introduction -- 1. Pleasure without Profit -- 2. Bonfire of the Vanities -- 3. Art for Nothing's Sake -- 4. Spenser's Unhappy Ends -- 5. Beyond Sublimation -- Coda: Less Matter, More Art. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English literature $y Early modern, 1500-1700 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Pleasure in literature. 650 0 $a Senses and sensation in literature. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z England $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z England $x History $y 17th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170706034735.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D2D25C0200A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search