01996cam a22003498i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000440009502000410013902000270018004000230020704100080023004200080023805000230024608200100026910000280027924500480030725000280035526400450038330000260042833600260045433700280048033800270050850400510053552008010058665000490138765000430143677601670147922710344BJBSDDR20241202113925.0ta220721s2023    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2022020638  a9781641773058 (cloth ; acid-free paper)  a1641773057 (cloth ; acid-free paper)  z9781641773065q(ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLC  aeng  apcc14aPN 3331bE64n 202300a809.31 aEpstein, Joseph,d1937-14aThe novel, who needs it? /cJoseph Epstein.  aFirst American edition. 1aNew York, N.Y :bEncounter Books,c2023.  a142 pages ; c23 cm.   atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"This is a book about the importance of fiction not alone as an aesthetic phenomenon but as a means of knowledge and discovery. The book argues that superior fiction is able to rise to levels of understanding-of worldly events, of human relationships, of human nature itself-unavailable to other disciplines or forms of learning. It goes on to argue that especially in our day, a time when so many various ideas are afloat, fiction is of the greatest significance. To make its argument the book considers many of the great novels of the western world; it also sets out the importance of fiction to many of the key intellectuals of the past century who were not themselves novelists or even literary men or women. It also discusses the fate of fiction in the current day"--cProvided by publisher. 0aFictionxHistory and criticismxTheory, etc. 4aNovela xCrítica e interpretación 08iOnline version:aEpstein, Joseph, 1937-tNovel, who needs it?bFirst American editiondNew York, New York : Encounter Books, 2023z9781641773065w(DLC) 2022020639