![]() ![]() In his essay, “‘Words of Delight’: A Hedonistic Defense of Literature,” Leland Ryken develops a taxonomy of eight literary pleasures: This exercise is inspired by the ancient Roman poet Horace, who wrote in Ars Poetica: “Poets wish either to profit or to delight or to deliver at once both the pleasures and the necessaries of life.” Obviously, there is substantial overlap between pleasure and profit. For the purpose of our discussion, we are focusing on two Ps of literature: pleasure and profit. My friend Joey and I are undertaking a shared reading of James Joyce’s Dubliners (1914). for their mental, moral, and spiritual uplift. to give people some kind of intellectual pleasure or spiritual enjoyment by converting the bread of everyday life into something that has a permanent life of its own. ![]() Illustration by Delphine Lebourgeoisĭon’t you think there is a certain resemblance between the mystery of the Mass and what I’m trying to do? I mean I am trying. ![]()
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