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Mere Literature, and Other Essays
All but one of the essays brought together in this volume have already been printed, either in the Atlantic Monthly, the Century Magazine, or the Forum. The essay on Burke appears here for the first time in print. A singular phrase this, mere literature,the irreverent invention of a scientific age. Literature we know, but mere literature? We are not to read it as if it meant sheer literature, literature in the essence, stripped of all accidental or ephemeral elements, and left with nothing but its immortal charm and power. Mere literature is a serious sneer, conceived in all honesty by the scientific mind, which despises things that do not fall within the categories of demonstrable knowledge. It means nothing but literature, as who should say, mere talk, mere fabrication, mere pastime. The scientist, with his head comfortably and excusably full of knowable things, takes nothing seriously and with his hat off, except human knowledge. The creations of the human spirit are, from his point of view, incalculable vagaries, irresponsible phenomena, to be regarded2 only as play, and, for the minds good, only as recreation,to be used to while away the tedium of a railway journey, or to amuse a period of rest or convalescence; mere byplay, mere make-believe. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 66074
Author: Wilson, Woodrow
Release Date: Aug 17, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
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