{"product_id":"2026200009899-secondhand-the-pleasures-of-literature","title":"The Pleasures Of Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fair to poor. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Ex-library. Binding loose - pages still intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to truly read — not to study, not to analyse, but to surrender oneself entirely to the written word? John Cowper Powys answers this question with passionate authority in The Pleasures of Literature, a sweeping and deeply personal celebration of the greatest writers and works in the Western canon. Powys moves through poets, novelists, and philosophers — from Homer and Dante to Shakespeare and Dostoevsky — not as a detached academic, but as a fervent devotee who believes that literature is nothing less than a path to spiritual and intellectual liberation.\n\nPowys writes with a rare combination of scholarly breadth and lyrical intensity, rejecting dry criticism in favour of ecstatic, almost evangelical prose that argues for the transformative power of books. The Pleasures of Literature stands as a monument of literary appreciation, a work that instructs the reader not merely in what to read, but in how to read — with the whole of one's being. For anyone who has ever felt the world dissolve at the turn of a page, this book is both a companion and a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130610786523,"sku":"2026200009899-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/53061208-8395-4547-8e51-7c8e9e08641f.png?v=1786587486","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009899-secondhand-the-pleasures-of-literature","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}