An Experiment in Criticism
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- Author: C. S. Lewis
- Date Published: March 2012
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- isbn: 9781107604728
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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: 'in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself'. Crucial to his notion of judging literature is a commitment to laying aside expectations and values extraneous to the work, in order to approach it with an open mind. Amid the complex welter of current critical theories, C. S. Lewis's wisdom is valuably down-to-earth, refreshing and stimulating in the questions it raises about the experience of reading.
Read more- Classic text by one of the twentieth century's leading literary critics
- Poses the question why do we read literature and how do we judge it?
- Down-to-earth, refreshing and stimulating in the questions it raises about the experience of reading
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- Date Published: March 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107604728
- length: 152 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 138 x 9 mm
- weight: 0.22kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. The few and the many
2. False characterisations
3. How the few and the many use pictures and music
4. The reading of the unliterary
5. On myth
6. The meanings of fantasy
7. On realisms
8. On misreading by the literary
9. Survey
10. Poetry
11. The experiment
Epilogue
Appendix.
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