Interpreting Literature: Preliminaries to Literary Judgment

by Kenneth Leslie Knickerbocker

A college lit book which contains fiction, poetry, drama, biograpy, and essays. One of my favorites was Quality by John Galsworthy. Poetry of Frost, Crane, Shakespeare, and Poe stirred me. The classic, The Glass Menagerie was here introduced to me. I enjoyed the entire text.

732 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

Reviews

[Thomas Schulte · Rating 4 out of 5]

This college lit textbook contains fiction, poetry, drama, lyrics, essays and more. It sat unread and idle on my father's bookshelf, a once required course item, until I picked it up. Poetry of Frost, Crane, Shakespeare, and Poe and also treating the Paul Simon lyric to "Sound of Silence" as poetry made of me a lifelong fan of this language art. Short stories like "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" container here still seem like the best of the art. The classic, The Glass Menagerie was here introduced to me here and I still love plays and theater as a result. I enjoyed the entire text initially published by Professor Knickerbocker together with Professor Willard Reninger back in 1969 by Holt. The fact that this book has stood the test of time and is still available should be testimony enough to the endurance and appeal of this lengthy introduction to the pleasures of literature.I recommend it for any one who is interested in what joys literature may hold.