"The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular…"

"The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a str…"

"The twentieth century saw an amazing development of scholarship and criticism in the humanities, carried out by peopl…"

"A public that tries to do without criticism, and asserts that it knows what it wants or likes, brutalizes the arts an…"

"Writers don't seem to benefit much by the advance of science, although they thrive on superstitions of all kinds."

"What if criticism is a science as well as an art? Not a "pure" or "exact" science, of course, but these phrases belon…"

"Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value …"

"The fundamental act of criticism is a disinterested response to a work of literature in which all one's beliefs, enga…"

"Teaching literature is impossible; that is why it is difficult."

"Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study."