Literary work an idiot foolishly introduced with an excerpt (1,7,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
a passage to india
'foolishly introduced with an excerpt' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'literary work an idiot' is the wordplay.
'literary' becomes 'apassage' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'work' is an anagram indicator.
'an'+'idiot'='anidiot'
'anidiot' is an anagram of 'toindia'.
'apassage'+'toindia'='A PASSAGE TO INDIA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for a passage to india that I've seen before include "taken by hippies seeking guru?" , "Novel's" , "Book" , "a journey that ends up in the subcontinent" , "E.M. Forster novel" .)