Pip Encounters Great Expectations
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merely confirming and interpreting what we already know, Great Expectations helps us to the supposition that there may be something else at work of which we may have been unaware. Reading Great Expectations is therefore an exercise not in resolving problems but in generating ways of thinking about certain aspects of life and literature. As it catches and stimulates our curiosity, Great Expectations thus teases us into thought about our common human condition." (Professor Baumgarten)
merely confirming and interpreting what we already know, Great Expectations helps us to the supposition that there may be something else at work of which we may have been unaware. Reading Great Expectations is therefore an exercise not in resolving problems but in generating ways of thinking about certain aspects of life and literature. As it catches and stimulates our curiosity, Great Expectations thus teases us into thought about our common human condition." (Professor Baumgarten)