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Author:

McEleney, Corey, author.

Title:

Futile pleasures : early modern literature and the limits of utility / Corey McEleney.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

vii, 243 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Pleasure in literature.
Senses and sensation in literature.
Literature and society--England--History--16th century.
Literature and society--England--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.

Contents:

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.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0823272656
9780823272655
0823272664
9780823272662

OCLC:

(OCoLC)950450595

LCCN:

2016013983

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)