Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1708 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Expression Over Discovery
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The idea
The claim is that a writer's work is to express common truth well rather than to find new truth. That is the eighteenth century's position on originality, and it is exactly what the next generation will reject. Decision D6 applies: this is Pope's position, reported.
In practice
Express well, rather than discover.
Where people slip
The next generation rejects this.
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