Author : Philip Davis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349255084
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Book Synopsis Real Voices by : Philip Davis
Download or read book Real Voices written by Philip Davis and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-07-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poets, novelists and critics committed to creative thinking join together in this collection of essays to say what serious reading really means to them as individuals. The collection is divided into four sections: George Steiner and George Craig on the act of reading in general; Joseph Brodsky, Les Murray, Douglas Oliver and Hester Jones on reading, poetry and vision; John Bayley, Philip Davis and Gabriel Josipovici on reading and teaching in the universities; Raymond Tallis, Michael Irwin, Josie Billington and Doris Lessing on reading and the novel.