“We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with one or another meaning, has been called Inspiration, and held to be mysterious and inscrutable, is no longer without its scientific exposition. The building of the lofty rhyme is like any other masonry or bricklaying: we have theories of its rise, height, decline and fall -- which latter, it would seem, is now near, among all people.” PeopleHumansLittlesHas BeensInspirationSeemsFallBuildingDivineTheoryGeniusCriticismMysteriousAll TimeHeightLatterDeclineRhymeLoftyLiterary CriticismMasonryInscrutableBricklaying Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.” KindToo MuchCriticismAcademicSurvivedLiterary Criticism Author:Anne Stevenson
“I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.” PeopleKnowsBookStyleDemandLogicJudgedMy ThoughtsGrammarFootstepsKnowledgeableLiterary CriticismSeverityLice Author:Louis Aragon