Description \'Facts alone are wanted in life, \' exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens\' Hard Times .
Eaglestone shows that studying literature can change who you are, turning y.
But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-ended nature of literature that makes it such a rewarding and useful subject.
Literature is not about facts alone, and - despite two and a half thousand years of arguments - no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it.
Description \'Facts alone are wanted in life, \' exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens\' Hard Times