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An experiment in criticism

✍ Scribed by C S Lewis


Publisher
HarperOne
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Why do we read literature and how do we judge it' C.S. Lewis's classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that "good reading," like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the work in hand and a process of entering fully into the opinions of others:  Read more...

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Religion;RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Apologetics


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