“The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.”
-- Elizabeth Drew
Thanks a lot!
2007-01-16 08:39:41 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
After you read (a book, a poem, etc etc) do you feel that you live a better life by the things you do - as a result of reading - the book - In other words, you read a poem & as a result this poem motivates you do donate time to kids helping them learn how to read.
2007-01-16 08:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by dharp66 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She believes true literature changes people. That they are inspired by what they have read.
I believe reading has had a profound effect on my life, so I would agree with this quotation.
2007-01-16 08:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by cathoratio 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that she is saying, that the best literature inspires us to live better, or "more intensly" after we read it.
2007-01-16 08:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by johntindale 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just means that good writing changes the people who experience it.
2007-01-16 09:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by MedGeek 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as answerer no.1 says is to learn it and not reading without learning.
2007-01-16 10:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by Erase Program Read Only Memory 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to learn newer things,understand them ,explain to others and make it part our life.
2007-01-16 08:47:34 · answer #6 · answered by ganesh n 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't say it better than everyone else already has...
2007-01-16 12:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋