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Literary Interpretation: An Act of Self-Transformation?

Literary Interpretation: An Act of Self-Transformation?

How the search for meaning in literary works changes you for the better

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Sam Rinko
May 15, 2025
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“It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.” - William Carlos Williams

Why should an autodidact, reading outside of academia, spend time searching for meaning in literary works?

Why not just look up the meaning on Google and be done with it? What’s the reward of figuring it out by yourself?

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