A blend of autobiography, history and criticism, this book emerges as a reaffirmation of literature in an age of deconstruction and critical dogma. The author, ... » 

A blend of autobiography, history and criticism, this book emerges as a reaffirmation of literature in an age of deconstruction and critical dogma. The author, a well-known literary critic, shows how great writing matters and how it involves the reader morally, socially and personally. «