Universal violence compels the language to be mute . . . . Silence is not only a metaphor of Hemingway's work; it is also the source of its formal excellence, its integrity. — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Unknowingly, we plow the dust of stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the universe in a glass of rain. — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
The (post) structuralist temper requires too great a depersonalization of the writing/speaking subject. Writing becomes plagiarism; speaking becomes quoting. Meanwhile, we do write, we… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Universal violence compels the language to be mute . . . . Silence is not only a metaphor of Hemingway's work; it is also… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear. — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
