In a Nutshell

 
by Donald Hall (1928 – )
 
What’s Good, What’s Bad
 
The claims I make for fiction are large: that it alerts and enlarges our minds, our connections with each other past and present, our understanding of our feelings.  These claims apply to excellent literature only.  This suggests that some fiction is better than other fiction, and that [...]

Posted on August 15th, 2009 under DeVry, Literature. Tags: Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Literature, meaning, reading, science fiction. Comments: 1