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Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life

by Martha C Nussbaum

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One of our most prominent philosophers and public intellectuals explores how literature can contribute to a more just society.

Timely and urgent . . . Poetic Justice is a tract for the times in the guise of a defense of the literary imagination.

--MORRIS DICKSTEIN, The New York Times Book Review

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Bruce Nussbaum is a professor of political science at MIT.
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ISBN:
9780807041093
Subtitle:
The Literary Imagination and Public Life
Author:
Nussbaum, Martha Craven
Author:
Nussbaum, Bruce
Author:
Nussbaum, Martha Craven
Publisher:
Beacon Press (MA)
Location:
Boston
Subject:
General
Subject:
Legal Writing
Subject:
Legal composition
Subject:
General Philosophy
Copyright:
1997
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
April 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
168
Dimensions:
8.16x5.58x.44 in. .44 lbs.
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