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"Professor Lewis believed that literature exists above all for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He doubted the use of strictly evaluative criticism, especially its condemnations.
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Spare, warm, character-led and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 142
- Publisher
- University Press, Cambridge University Press, the University Press
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780521422819
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Clive Staples Lewis was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist.
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