02190cam a22004098i 4500 22710344 BJBSDDR 20241202113925.0 ta 220721s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 2022020638 9781641773058 (cloth ; acid-free paper) 1641773057 (cloth ; acid-free paper) 9781641773065 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC eng pcc PN 3331 E64n 2023 809.3 Epstein, Joseph, 1937- 39606 The novel, who needs it? / Joseph Epstein. First American edition. New York, N.Y : Encounter Books, 2023. 142 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Fiction History and criticism Theory, etc. Novela Crítica e interpretación 39703 Online version: Epstein, Joseph, 1937- Novel, who needs it? First American edition New York, New York : Encounter Books, 2023 9781641773065 (DLC) 2022020639 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK dpf 122467 122467 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2024-11-26 0 PN 3331 E64n 2023 00000186835 2024-11-26 00:00:00 1 2024-11-26 BK