we could do a great deal worse than look back across the drift to the great reader Lewis. We need to try to recall what literature was; what it meant… - Alastair Fowler

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we could do a great deal worse than look back across the drift to the great reader Lewis. We need to try to recall what literature was; what it meant, and can still mean, to grasp literary works in memory.

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About Alastair Fowler

Alastair David Shaw Fowler (1930 – 9 October 2022) was a Scottish literary critic and editor.

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Alternative Names: Alastair David Shaw Fowler

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