Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with renewed understanding of it and zest for it because of their excursions into a purely imaginary realm.


The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (ed. Shaw Books, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307568847

Leland Ryken Quotes

Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with...

Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with...

Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with...

Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with...