How Literature Saved My Life
by:
David Shields (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781907903755 (1907903755)
Publish date: March 1st 2013
Publisher: Notting Hill Editions
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Language,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Philosophy
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it's Boring Boring Boring!I'm glad I didn't buy it!It has some beautiful lines though.
Reasons why Shields is unlikeable: 1) Reads gf's journal 2) Spends a lot of pages recounting sexual exploits 3) Takes a potshot at Toni Morrison 4) Thinks everyone needs to get over copyright law 5) Already labels books as artifacts 6) "James Joyce? Brother worked too hard." REALLY.I can dislike hi...
Not my cup of tea In this series of essays author David Shields examines what he's learned from great literature--for this he includes texts as varied as Spiderman and ancient Greek drama--then applies it to his personal life and the general human condition. Since literature has also been an impor...
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