George Henry LewisPersonal experience is the basis of all real literature.
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Personal experience is the basis of all real literature. I agree with this quote because literary critic M. H. Abrams said that "all art is representation, and what it represents is the world as the artist knows it". Or in other words, "all art is autobiography, but each artist draws on his or her own life for the materials of that art." For example, I believe that most great writers like Shakespeare, Twain, Hemingway etc.
used their own lives as inspiration for their writings. Also, I believe that most great writers like Shakespeare, Twain, Hemingway etc. used their own lives as inspiration for their writings.
Also, I believe that most great writers like Shakespeare, Twain, Hemingway etc. used their own lives as inspiration for their writings.
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