Wilson, Edmund -- The Triple Thinkers, Foreword (1948 ed.)

Dave — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:28:05 +0000

There is really no way of considering a book independently of one’s special sensations in reading it on a particular occasion. In this as in everything else one must allow a certain relativity. In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.

Edmund Wilson, Jr. (1895-1972) American writer, literary critic, journalist
The Triple Thinkers, Foreword (1948 ed.)
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Wilson, Edmund -- The Triple Thinkers, Foreword (1948 ed.)