What is literature? ... What is literature? ... Literature is a creative act. ... This has resulted in value judgement, particularly to the non-great-books. ... It was a must to note that language is a human creation contained cultural heritages of linguistic group. ...
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry." ... Several factors are responsible for Eliot's infatuation with literature during his childhood. ... As Eliot was often isolated, his love of literature developed. Once he learned to read, the young boy immediately became obsessed with books and was completely absorbed in tales depicting savages, the Wild West, or Mark Twain's thrill-seeking Tom Sawyer. ... In an attempt to keep poetry alive he gave the world extraordinary works of literature. ...
Poe made many contributions to Western Literature. ... Vainly, I tried to borrow happiness from my books in order to quell my own sadness- sorrow for the lost Lenore, the rare and radiant maiden named by angels, never again to be mentioned here on earth (9-12). ... In the ninth and tenth lines, "Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had tried to borrow/ From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore-, - "morrow- and "borrow- are internal rhymes; "borrow- and "sorrow- rhyme as well, but are not internal rhymes. ...
