“In literature you don't just read one poem or novel after another, but enter into a complete world of which every work of literature forms part.”

"Quotes", The Educated Imagination (1963), Talk 3: Giants in Time
Context: In literature you don't just read one poem or novel after another, but enter into a complete world of which every work of literature forms part. This affects the writer as much as it does the reader.

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Canadian literary critic and literary theorist 1912–1991

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