 But a far more important correction, applicable to the common vague idea of literature, is to be sought — not so much in a better definition of literature, as in a sharper distinction of the two functions which it fulfils. In that great social organ,...  The North British review - Sayfa 3011848Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1925 - 424 sayfa
...of the passages in which he expounds it: — THE LITERATURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE LITERATURE OF POWER In that great social organ which, collectively, we...first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach; the function of the second is to move:... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1893 - 292 sayfa
...far the definition is easily narrowed ; and it is as easily expanded. For not only is much that takes a station in books not literature ; but, inversely,...first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is, to teach ; the function of the second is, to move... | |
 | David Bromwich - 1987 - 320 sayfa
...uphold, to renew, to comfort, to alarm - does not attain the sanctuary of libraries in the tenthousandth part of its extent. The Drama again, - as, for instance,...first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is - to teach; the function of the second is - to move:... | |
 | Paul Keen - 2004 - 380 sayfa
...indispensable to the honest student. But no man would therefore class the Blue Books as literature. literature as in a sharper distinction of the two...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature oí knowledge; and, secondly, the literature oí power. The function of the first is — to teach;... | |
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