Author | : C. Namwali Serpell |
File Size | : 43,9 Mb |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 01 April 2014 |
ISBN | : 9780674419681 |
Pages | : 403 pages |
Seven Modes of Uncertainty by C. Namwali Serpell Book PDF Summary
Literature is uncertain. Literature is good for us. These two ideas are often taken for granted. But what is the relationship between literature's capacity to perplex and its ethical value? Seven Modes of Uncertainty contends that literary uncertainty is crucial to ethics because it pushes us beyond the limits of our experience.