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> [I'm not only a romanticist but a romantic myself. I take it for granted the originality matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-m-not-only-a-romanticist-but-a-romantic-myself-i-take-it-for/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

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## More by Paul Fry

> [The mantra of the new historicists was "we have betrayed ourselves." Since their emergence, there have been more or less interesting paradigm shifts having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/the-mantra-of-the-new-historicists-was-we-have-betrayed-ourselves/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [The rhetoric of theory is always in a bind. It pronounces ideas and denounces failures to accept or grasp them while insisting that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/the-rhetoric-of-theory-is-always-in-a-bind-it-pronounces-ideas-and/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I beg my reader to consider the "evidence" I provide for my case and perhaps feel persuaded as a result. Beyond that I make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-beg-my-reader-to-consider-the-evidence-i-provide-for-my-case-and/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I make a distinction between theory and methodology, the latter being the practical deployment of a premise. Theory on the contrary may well be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-make-a-distinction-between-theory-and-methodology-the-latter-being/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [Criticism is concerned with evaluation. There may be evaluative principles implicit in this or that form of theory, but theory in and of itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/criticism-is-concerned-with-evaluation-there-may-be-evaluative/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [Both the 18th and the early 20th centuries, however, feature brilliant attacks on originality, and it's no doubt one of the hallmarks of romanticism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/both-the-18th-and-the-early-20th-centuries-however-feature-brilliant/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I'm not only a romanticist but a romantic myself. I take it for granted the originality matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-m-not-only-a-romanticist-but-a-romantic-myself-i-take-it-for/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I'm a fan or naysayer like everyone else, not an authority of any kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-m-a-fan-or-naysayer-like-everyone-else-not-an-authority-of-any-kind/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [Although I don't disagree that utterances express desires and try to make complexities precise, I actually don't think at all that any of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/although-i-don-t-disagree-that-utterances-express-desires-and-try-to/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [The basic change in the landscape since my salad days started with the defensive rediscovery of history and politics by all the theoretically-oriented academics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/the-basic-change-in-the-landscape-since-my-salad-days-started-with/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-don-t-think-theory-adds-to-criticism-methodology-does-for-better-or/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/authors-we-are-in-danger-of-accepting-as-gospel-whereas-founders-of/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I myself always want to talk about "poetry," not "the poem."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-myself-always-want-to-talk-about-poetry-not-the-poem/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [I do identify the escape hatch through which Foucault eludes the charge that he himself is an author/authority, hence a tyrant. He establishes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-do-identify-the-escape-hatch-through-which-foucault-eludes-the/)

[Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/)

> [Every original poet has a new insight, or rather introduces a new power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/every-original-poet-has-a-new-insight-or-rather-introduces-a-new-power/)

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