Teaching and the ethics of literature

Edmundson, Mark 2016. Teaching and the ethics of literature. JOMEC Journal 10 , pp. 40-43. 10.18573/j.2016.10084

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Abstract

The piece approaches the problem of the political content of books by way of an analogy. It suggests that we see books as teachers. We should consider them as similar to the human beings who have taught us the most in life. Those teachers will offer many good things, but given that fine teachers are almost always strong and idiosyncratic personalities, they will offer us some lessons that are less than edifying. We shouldn’t throw them out for that. We should sift their lessons and learn from their best. As the Band sings it: You take what you need and you leave the rest.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Books; Teachers; Milton; Faulkner; Woolf
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2049-2340
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 January 2017
Date of Acceptance:	1 December 2016
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 23:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/97774

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