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title: "3 Jane Tompkins Quotes - Famous Literary critic"
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# Jane Tompkins

(1940)   Literary Critic

 **3** quotes in **5** categories

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Jane Tompkins is a literary critic.

## Quick Facts About Jane Tompkins

Born January 1, 1940

Profession Literary Critic

## About Jane Tompkins

American literary scholar... \| Jane Tompkins is an American literary scholar who has worked on canon formation, feminist literary criticism, and reader response criticism. She has also coined and developed the notion of cultural work in literary studies and contributed to the new historicist form of literary criticism that emerge

##  Quotes by Jane Tompkins

> [“If the cup is empty, it can be filled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-tompkins/if-the-cup-is-empty-it-can-be-filled/)

[Jane Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-tompkins/)

[Empty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/jane-tompkins-81412_empty_if-the-cup-is-empty-it-can-be-filled-437_437678.jpg)

> [“Look, I know from the outside it doesn't look so bad... I know I had all the advantages. I know my parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-tompkins/look-i-know-from-the-outside-it-doesn-t-look-so-bad-i-know-i-had-all/)

[Jane Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-tompkins/)

[Depression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depression/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/jane-tompkins-81412_depression_look-i-know-from-the-outside-it-doesn-t_2142269.jpg)

> [“You want to know what's going on in someone's life? Ask them how they feel first thing in the morning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-tompkins/you-want-to-know-what-s-going-on-in-someone-s-life-ask-them-how-they/)

[Jane Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-tompkins/)

[Morning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/morning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/jane-tompkins-81412_morning_you-want-to-know-what-s-going-on-in-some_3072592.jpg)

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