"Why do we spend time reading and discussing books which tell of
events which never in fact occurred?" The question is elementary
– and yet, as David Daiches suggests in this provocative study,
it is the elementary questions that are never answered. Although
literary criticism today is more concerned with technique than with
the basic question of value, the question of value underlies all
the others. Professor Daiches therefore directs this book to the
search for the basic function and purpose of imaginative prose and
poetry. A Study of Literature is not, however, an obscure book of
literary theory; it contains abundant and pungent examples and
critical analyses – of prose fiction, of modern writing, and of
the nature of poetry. "It's main purpose," as Professor Daiches
says, "is to help the reader of works of imaginative literature to
see what he is reading, to understand just what it is that he gets
from different kinds of reading, and to discriminate between those
different kinds."
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 1964 |
| First published: |
November 1964 |
| Authors: |
David Daiches
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
260 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-00269-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-393-00269-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780393002690 |
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