Includes bibliographical references.

Canto is a paperback imprint which offers a broad range of titles, both classis and more recent, representing some of the best and most enjoyable of Cambridge publishing.

Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis's classis Experiment in Criticism springs form the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. Crucial to his notion of judging literature is a commitment to laying aside expectations and values extraneous to the work, in order to approach it with an open mind. Amid the complex welter of current critical theories, C. S. Lewis's Wisdom is valuably down-to-earth, refreshing and stimulating in the questions it raises about the experience of reading. Book jacket.