Alan Bennett's affectionate comedy celebrates the pleasure of literary discovery, but is serious about reading's powers of personal and public transformation.
Ugaritic has been called "the greatest literary discovery from antiquity since the deciphering of the Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform".
In the course of his research, Bernard becomes convinced he has made "the most sensational literary discovery of this century."
Conversely, men of letters have always been ready for exciting literary discoveries.
I was so taken by my little literary discovery that I immediately mentioned it to the king.
Spence's literary discovery that had its roots in his prior discoveries of some of Trenholm's wrecked blockade runners made international news.
I was 21: still at the age when one's hunger for new literary discoveries feels unassuageable.
I look forward to sharing future literary discoveries, and to highlighting the many literary activities, services, and resource available at the Library, on this blog.
The site is full of weird, unexpected literary discoveries.
At The New Republic his major literary discovery was John Cheever, whose first submission attracted him.