\u003cp\u003e\u0026lsquo;Facts alone are wanted in life,\u0026rsquo; exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens\u0026rsquo; \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c/i\u003e. Literature is not about facts alone, and - despite two and a half thousand years of arguments - no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-ended nature of literature that makes it such a rewarding and useful subject.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEaglestone shows that studying literature can change who you are, turning you from a \u0026lsquo;reader\u0026rsquo; into a \u0026lsquo;critic\u0026rsquo;: someone attuned to the ways we make meaning in our world. Literature is a living conversation which provides endless opportunities to rethink and reinterpret our societies and ourselves. With examples ranging from Sappho to \u003ci\u003eSkyrim\u003c/i\u003e, this book shows how literature offers freer and deeper ways of thinking and being.\u003c/p\u003e
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