<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859–1"> The essays in this volume examine the connection between literature and different forms of insight. The backdrop for the studies is the recent philosophical debate about the nature of knowledge and the status of fictional texts. The book is divided into four parts, each of which explores the relationship between literature and knowledge with a different emphasis.