The Socratic Method

Current book: None
Pages read: None

I don't have The Fountainhead yet because I refuse to buy it and all the copies are checked out of the library, so I have to wait. I'm guessing somebody's assigned it for summer reading, but I could be wrong; the popularity of Rand never ceases to amaze me. Hopefully, whatever idealist has it checked out will realize his folly and, consumed by bitterness, return it early. Alternatively, he could realize that checking out books from the library violates the principles of Rand's philosophy, seeing as it's a form of undermining free market economics, and, wishing to be a paragon of his new ideals, also return it early. Whatever works.

So, I'm not starting this today, but I have in mind a couple of posts for the rest of the week on what exactly the definition of literature is. Does anyone have ideas they'd like to contribute? What do you think the definition of literature is?