# The Use and Abuse of Literature

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- Book: [The Use and Abuse of Literature](https://www.bookquiver.com/marjorie-garber/the-use-and-abuse-of-literature) ([The Use and Abuse of Literature.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/marjorie-garber/the-use-and-abuse-of-literature.md))
- Authors: [Marjorie Garber](https://www.bookquiver.com/marjorie-garber)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-0727-712-1
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2012-04-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this deep and engaging meditation on the usefulness and uselessness of reading in the digital age, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber aims to reclaim “literature” from the periphery...