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literary-theory literature jargon
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake. Nancy Pearcey
literary-theory firsts literature
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory. Mason Cooley
literary-theory people tragedy
He [Aristotle] pointed out that people who had become initiates in the various mystery religions were not required to learn any facts 'but to experience certain emotions and to be put in a certain disposition.' Hence his famous literary theory that tragedy effected a purification (katharsis) of the emotions of terror and pity that amounted to an experience of rebirth. Karen Armstrong
literary-theory method term
Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure. Terry Eagleton
literary-theory literary-genre practice
What was needed was a literary theory which, while preserving the formalist bent of New Criticism, its dogged attention to literature as aesthetic object rather than social practice, would make something a good deal more systematic and 'scientific' out of all this. The answer arrived in 1957, in the shape of the Canadian Northrop Fryes mighty 'totalization' of all literary genres, Anatomy of Criticism .
literary-theory marxism trade
It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures.
literary-theory talking people
You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism.
literary-theory may throwing-up
If the masses are not thrown a few novels , they may react by throwing up a few barricades.
literary-theory apathy inevitable
After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.
firsts remember winning-the-lottery
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes
firsts magazines magazine-covers
My very first magazine cover was the National Enquirer. Carrie Underwood
firsts
Experience first, then intellectualize. Carl Orff
firsts privilege never-forget
As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness! Antonia Fraser
firsts allies computer
I like computers. It's the first time that I am endorsing a computer brand. I am very computer savvy, so this is certainly up my ally. Bill Vaughan
firsts knows
Don't invest in what you don't know. Learn first then invest. Robert Kiyosaki
firsts cry enough
Lay on, McDuff, and be damned he who first cries, 'Hold, enough! William Shakespeare
firsts reason accepted
One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
firsts taught should
I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered.
literature causes reason
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. C. S. Lewis
literature stand
Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself. Charles Dickens
literature modern society
Literature and Society in the First Modern Period, 321 B.C. - A.D. 235, Joseph Farrell
literature behemoth bigs
I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going. David Mitchell
literature computer internet
The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat. Dave Barry
literature stones teeth
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.
literature genes type
A gene can be either dominant or recessive, depending on which type of gene it is.
literature enough bigs
If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.
literature language speak
Mathematics to me is like a language I don’t speak though I admire its literature in translation. David Quammen