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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Speaking My Mind: Why Literature Matters
- Source: English Journal, Volume 89, Issue 2, Nov 1999, p. 19 - 20
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- 01 Nov 1999
Abstract
Presents 10 specific reasons in response to a student’s question “Why should we read literature?” Answers the question from 10 angles: escape, empathy, mirror, time machine, cultural heritage, language, art, “lifesaver,” “reading of life,” and fear of change.
© 1999 by the National Council of Teachers of English