Appreciation of Literature, and America in Literature (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Appreciation of Literature, and America in Literature (Classic Reprint) written by George Edward Woodberry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Appreciation of Literature, and America in Literature Literature is the foremost of the humanities, of those instrumentalities by which man becomes more completely human; and in the individual this end is furthered in proportion as he understands human nature in others under its various modes and brings forth from it in him self the richest experience of its capacities. Openness to experience, or sensibility, is the prime quality of the good reader; and to this the writer adds, on the active or creative side, the power of expression through lan guage. These two faculties are the essential constituents of literary genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.