Literary criticism.How should a literary work be read to be most appreciated? Should we approach to it with a preconceived intention like “cultivate our spirits”, “find out answers”, “seek for help”, “know other cultures”? By all means! In this I agree with Lewis.
In this book he says that exposing ourselves to a literary work to appreciate it the most implies an abandonment of ourselves to what we read. We should renounce to preconceived ideas or personal quests so the work would speak completely by itself to us.
Another central idea of this work is that books should be judged according of the kind of reading they invite us to. This is what separates genuine readers from the other ones.
Alan
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