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almo's review
I don't know how to rate this essay. I could give it 4 stars, pretending I understood the whole thing, but I did not. So, an enjoyable read? Not really. But the essence of the essay struck home. The people of today (1.5 centuries after this has been written) who still look down upon fiction need a bucket of ice water to wake up from that idiotic snobbery; it takes a level of creativity and intelligence so high to write a 'good' novel. One I could only dream of possessing.
lucieheld's review
informative
inspiring
5.0
Eventhough I think that this books is a bit outdated today - meaning that I think we prase the authors and they get the fame they deserve, I found this book wery important and interesting. For every beginning author can find good advice in there.
I also thing that, for me personaly, was bright to start with this “lecture” since I am just now getting into classics. For most of the books that I plan on reading, or at least every classic, I will look at it differently than I would have. I won’t judge as much and will simply observe to get the whole picture.
clss97's review against another edition
3.0
An intriguing piece of academic writing surrounding ongoing questions such as what makes a novel valuable? Are novels valuable? And what do stories have to offer the world if they do not necessarily show exemplary human behaviour/realistic morals?
nora_dlc's review against another edition
5.0
Esta colección me parece deliciosa, y este tomo es recomendable para quien aspira a escribir, pero no como preceptiva, sino como muestra de los múltiples ángulos desde los cuales se puede abordar la creación literaria como actividad estética, pero también ética y filosófica.