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# Robert Scholes

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Robert E. Scholes was an American literary critic and theorist. He is known for his ideas on fabulation and metafiction.

##  Quotes by Robert Scholes

> [It is possible to call Tolstoy Kitsch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-scholes/it-is-possible-to-call-tolstoy-kitsch/)

Robert Scholes

[Kitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kitsch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/robert-scholes-66236_kitsch_it-is-possible-to-call-tolstoy-kitsch-74_749310.jpg)

> [“All writing, all composition, is construction. we do not imitate the world, we construct versions of it. there is no mimesis, only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-scholes/all-writing-all-composition-is-construction-we-do-not-imitate-the/)

Robert Scholes

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/robert-scholes-66236_writing_all-writing-all-composition-is-construct_1421913.jpg)

> [Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-scholes/writing-is-not-a-mystery-it-is-a-craft-like-any-other-and-it-can-be/)

Robert Scholes

[Crafts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/robert-scholes-66236_crafts_writing-is-not-a-mystery-it-is-a-craft-l_1865005.jpg)

> [The forms of the short, written poem as they have been developed in English over the past few centuries can be usefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-scholes/the-forms-of-the-short-written-poem-as-they-have-been-developed-in/)

Robert Scholes

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/robert-scholes-66236_century_the-forms-of-the-short-written-poem-as-t_2845628.jpg)

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