It is my great hope that, during our time together, you will come to feel the same. I often tell my ENH221 students about my experience with John Milton's amazing poem, Paradise Lost . Reading and studying it changed me forever. It had that sort of profound effect on me. It is my hope that each of you will discover, at some point in your studies, a thinker who reaches you that profoundly.
Good literature is like that.
It can grab hold of us and shake our very roots. It can cause us to think in ways we've never thought before, to think about things we've not thought about before. But we must approach it with an open mind, a questioning spirit, and with passion. I assure you that the authors therein will not disappoint. In this spirit, the work that you do will only serve to enhance your experience as you move among these superb writers.