Description
This thoughtful guide invites readers to approach literature as a source of discovery, pleasure, and lasting companionship. Through lively discussions of poetry, fiction, drama, and short stories—from Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner—it explores how different forms demand different ways of reading. Emphasizing close attention, imagination, and independent judgment, the book reveals how literature can deepen self-knowledge, strengthen individuality, and open new dimensions of human experience. Learned yet accessible, it is both an introduction to literary appreciation and a spirited defense of reading for its own sake.
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paperback
Touchstone Books
Published Jan 1, 2001
283 pages
ISBN: 9780684859071
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First Published
2000
Language
eng
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