“The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.”
Quote by Carl Clinton Van Doren
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Carl Clinton Van Doren
Carl Clinton Van Doren was an American literary critic and scholar. Born on September 10, 1885, and died on July 18, 1950, Van Doren was renowned for his profound insights into American literature and his contributions to literary criticism. more