Nabokov’s “Good Readers and Good Writers” was a very well written essay and I enjoyed it. In this essay you can find many important lessons and you learn a surprising amount of information just by reading it once. (Or more than once, in my case) The impression and the reaction I get when reading this essay is a logical one. Nabokov doesn’t dwell on emotions often, and if he did, it was brief. This essay was meant to speak logic to people, and naturally, it does. Nabokov’s sole purpose is to inform and teach others what mindset they should have before they begin to read something, and this essay clearly tells you. While reading this essay, I gained some interesting and completely true information. I found myself completely agreeing with what Nabokov had to say, and many times thought, ‘I should have known that’ or ‘I wish I had known that because it would have been so helpful!’. I especially like when he says that you should not just read a book, but you should re-read it. My favorite quote from the essay and what I believe to be one of the most important things he had to say was this: “a wise reader reads a book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine.” This essay came off as completely logical, and I believe it will be that way for everyone.
Nabokov, Vladimir. “Good Readers and Good Writers”. Lectures on Literatures. 1948. Lecture. PDF file.
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