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02158aam a2200289 i 4500 001 E9DAD4820FF811EEB73DD90627ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230621010022 007 ta |||||||||||||||||||| 008 121128t20121961enk e b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2012462448 020 $a 1107604729 020 $a 9781107604728 035 $a (OCoLC)793217974 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BWX $d YNK $d AZT $d VPI $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d HNW $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d NLW $d EBC $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Lewis, C. S. $q (Clive Staples), $d 1898-1963. 245 13 $a An experiment in criticism / $c by C.S. Lewis. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c [2012] 300 $a 142 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Canto classics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a The few and the many -- False characterisations -- How the few and the many use pictures and music -- The reading of the unliterary -- On myth -- The meanings of fantasy -- On realisms -- On misreading by the literary -- Survey -- Poetry -- The experiment -- Epilogue -- Appendix : a note on Oedipus. 520 $a Publisher's description: 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. 830 0 $a Canto classics. 941 $a 1 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20230621010225.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E9DAD4820FF811EEB73DD90627ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search