“Perhaps Aristotle’s most widely-read work is his esoteric treatise on aesthetics, the Poetics. According to his analysis of tragic poetry (a section on comedy was either lost or never completed), the theatrical audience experiences katharsis (“purgation”) of the heightened emotions… — The New York Times Copy Share
“Perhaps Aristotle’s most widely-read work is his esoteric treatise on aesthetics, the Poetics. According to his analysis of tragic poetry (a section on comedy was either lost or never completed), the theatrical audience experiences katharsis (“purgation”) of the heightened emotions of pity and fear as the tragic hero, a basically good but flawed aristocrat, is brought down by his own… — The New York Times Copy Share
“The Concord public library committee deserve well of the public by their action in banishing Mark Twain’s new book, Huckleberry Finn, on the ground… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
“[On The Catcher in the Rye] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This book though,… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
“[about Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises] His characters are as shallow as the saucers in which they stack their daily emotions.” — The New York Times Copy Share Image
![“[On The Catcher in the Rye] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This book though, it’s too long. Gets kind of monotonous. And he should’ve cut out a lot about these jerks and all that crumby school. They depress me. — James Stern” quote by The New York Times](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da9/the-new-york-times-59987_bad-reviews_on-the-catcher-in-the-rye-this-salinger_2493117.jpg)
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