Associate Lecturer, University of York
Author of The Value of Literature, The Architect of Murder, six collections of short fiction, and one hundred and fifty magazine articles, journal papers, and review essays. Lectures at the University of York.
What is fiction good for in a post-truth world?
Mar 28, 2017 10:37 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ever since Plato equated poetry with falsehood in the fourth century BC, the value of fiction has been in doubt. No convincing case for its value has since been made, beyond the obvious pleasures experienced by readers and...
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