Why do we read? Based on a series of lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel in 2005, Brian Stock presents a model for relating ascetic and aesth

Teaching Ethics through Literature provides in-depth understanding of a new and exciting shift in the fields of English education, Literature, Language Arts, an

For a generation of contemporary Anglo-American novelists, the question "Why write?" has been answered with a renewed will to believe in the ethical value of li

The contributors to The Moral of the Story, all preeminent political theorists, are unified by their concern with the instructive power of great literature. Thi

Exploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children’s literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise questions of