“Always" and "never" are not words that have much meaning in literary study. For one thing, as soon as something seems to always be true, some wise guy will come along and write something to prove that it's not.” — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
“I can’t go as far as Barthes in killing off the author, but I’m with him on the importance of the reader. We are… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“of his need to assert responsibility for his own life. It may be that Adela does panic in the face of Nothingness, only recovering… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.” — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, versions of ourselves hat we would never see, never permit ourselves to see, never… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“Education is mostly about institutions and getting tickets stamped; learning is what we do for ourselves. When we're lucky, they go together. If I… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to become, in… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“we accept fictions as fictions, as things that might be true in their world, if not quite in ours.” — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“We sometimes hear of the death of literature or of this or that genre, but literature doesn't die, just as it doesn't 'progress' or… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“Always" and "never" are not words that have much meaning in literary study. For one thing, as soon as something seems to always be… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“What happens if the writer is good is usually not that the work seems derivative or trivial but just the opposite: the work actually… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“So how do we get from there to a pattern of experience that can stand for the whole of postcolonial Latin America? Ah, our… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“Every novel is brand-new. It’s never been written before in the history of the world. At the same time, it’s merely the latest in… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
“The process of dehuminazing the locals was under way, and it had very little to do with veracity. The Puritan narratives would continue that… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share
