Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated. Guy Davenport alienatecenturyfiction Change image and share on social
There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. Guy Davenport confidenceendurehumiliation Change image and share on social
Fiction's essential activity is to imagine how others feel, what a Saturday afternoon in an Italian town in the 2nd Century looked like. My ambition is solely to get some effect, as of light on stone in a forest on a September day. Guy Davenport 2ndactivityafternoon share on social
The real use of imaginative reading is precisely to suspend one's mind in the workings of another sensibility. Guy Davenport imaginativemindprecisely Change image and share on social