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A review by lep42
Why Read? by Mark Edmundson
3.0
This book contained some provocative (and at the same time common sense) ideas about what the purpose of reading should be/how literature should be taught on the college level. I'd particularly recommend this book for teachers at all levels.
"The test of a book lies in its power to map or transform a life. The question we would ultimately ask of any work of art is this: Can you live it?" I recently moved from the East Coast to New Mexico. When I took a look on my shelves today at the books I already read that I choose to bring with me, they were noticeably books I could live.
"Democratic humanism a risk. We are betting that people will prefer life to death, creation to destruction, freedom to servitude."
"The test of a book lies in its power to map or transform a life. The question we would ultimately ask of any work of art is this: Can you live it?" I recently moved from the East Coast to New Mexico. When I took a look on my shelves today at the books I already read that I choose to bring with me, they were noticeably books I could live.
"Democratic humanism a risk. We are betting that people will prefer life to death, creation to destruction, freedom to servitude."