Terry Eagleton
Terry Eagleton
Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton FBA is a prominent British literary theorist, critic and public intellectual. He is currently Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth22 February 1943
Terry Eagleton quotes about
church matter agnostic
The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith.
catholic taught backgrounds
I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.
names humanity arts-and-humanities
The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.
strong world shame
God chose what is weakest in the world to shame the strong.