Lewis respected that this book was trying to persuade the reader that you could interpret literature by the way it is read rather than it’s content. He added his opinion into the literary text but did not try to manipulate and corrupt the reader. He allows the “text to speak for itself”, whereas some critics usually simulate their opinion in their literary work. Lewis’ book provides great wisdom on how literature should be approached; it is “an eye-opener”. Rather than being an unliterary reader who wants details of the story without the art of the telling, you can experience the fullness of art through Lewis’
Lewis respected that this book was trying to persuade the reader that you could interpret literature by the way it is read rather than it’s content. He added his opinion into the literary text but did not try to manipulate and corrupt the reader. He allows the “text to speak for itself”, whereas some critics usually simulate their opinion in their literary work. Lewis’ book provides great wisdom on how literature should be approached; it is “an eye-opener”. Rather than being an unliterary reader who wants details of the story without the art of the telling, you can experience the fullness of art through Lewis’