I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes future literary state
What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or the color of a particular human suffering. Harold Bloom colorendflavor Change image and share on social
No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem. Harold Bloom chaucercrucialexclude Change image and share on social
Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems. Harold Bloom adolescencecriticismfall Change image and share on social
Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population. John Boyle O'Reilly fightfullyguard Change image and share on social
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. Eileen Caddy absolutelyexpectfuture share on social
With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal. Robert Gottlieb appealbookcommercial Change image and share on social
