Power of Literature

Feb 10, 2021

Power of Literature # Literature is derived from the latin “letters or books”. It applies to all representation of ideas by writing. Peter Brooks maintained: “There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can defeat it.” Behrouz Boochani insists “Writing is a duty to history,” echoing Hamlet’s plea to Horatio not to commit suicide but to tell his story. Our literary coverage is undergirded by the idea that books—whether history or poetry, philosophy or fiction—can help make sense of the moment we live in, and let us see it anew. ...