"The story of English literature, viewed aesthetically, is one thing; the story of English writers is quite another. The price of contributing to the greatest literature the world has ever seen is often struggle and penury: art is still too often its own reward."
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Anthony Burgess, English Literature : A Survey for Students (1958, revised 1974).
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