| − | ''The art of literature is not reducible to the words on the page; they are there because of the craft of writing. As an art, literature is the organization of words to give pleasure; through them it elevates and transforms experience; through them it functions in society as a continuing symbolic criticism of values.'' [http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/essays/literature.htm The Art of Literature] Encyclopaedia Britannica. | + | ''The art of literature is not reducible to the words on the page; they are there because of the craft of writing. As an art, literature is the organization of words to give pleasure; through them it elevates and transforms experience; through them it functions in society as a continuing symbolic criticism of values.'' [http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/essays/literature.htm The Art of Literature] Encyclopædia Britannica. |