“We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence.” PeopleCountryPoliticalLiteratureModernIrelandPettyBeing IrishIreland And The IrishModern LiteratureParnell Author:William Butler Yeats
“Christ and the life of Christ is at this moment inspiring the literature of the world as never before, and raising it up a witness against waste and want and war. It may confess Him, as in Tolstoi's work it does, or it may deny Him, but it cannot exclude Him; and in the degree that it ignores His spirit, modern literature is artistically inferior. In other words, all good literature is now Christmas literature.” WorldWantMayDoeWarMomentsSpiritLiteratureChristModernDegreesWasteDenyWitnessWorking ItInferiorsModern LiteratureGood Literature Book:The Friendly Fire Source: The Friendly Fire
“Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.” StoriesLiteratureModernInsultModernismRiddleSeducingModern Literature Author:Mason Cooley
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” BookLiteratureModernMarkUsaAmerican LiteratureModern WarHuckleberryModern Literature Author:Ernest Hemingway
“Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not only immensely learned; he is one of the most original thinkers and writers we have today.” TodayLiteratureInterestInfluenceModernOriginalsMythThinkerSurveysModern Literature Author:Charles Simic