Margorie Garber’s The Use and Abuse of Literature jumps from topic to topic at warp drive. One chapter deals with writers who “abuse” literature by lying: James Frey and Ben Mezrich are invoked. And, Kitty Kelley. Then, Garber delivers some stiff doses of Freud and Marx. Suddenly, Garber plunges into a diatribe about the Literary Canon. Then Garber does an analysis of Love in Shakespeare. As you might have guessed by now, The Use and Abuse of Literature leaps from topic to topic without resolution. None of this jells together. I can’t recommend this book. GRADE: C
I’ll certainly skip it… no value here I can fathom from your analysis.
I wish I’d skipped THE USE AND ABUSE OF LITERATURE, Rick. Despite some positive reviews in some magazines and newspapers, I found it a waste of my time.