"Literary criticism can be no more than a……" — DH Lawrence
"Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is criticizing. Criticism can never be a science: it is, in the first place, much too personal, and in the second, it is concerned with values that science ignores. The touchstone is emotion, not reason. We judge a work of art by its effect on our sincere and vital emotion, and nothing else. All the critical twiddle-twaddle about style and form, all this pseudoscientific classifying and analyzing of books in an imitation-botanical fashion, is mere impertinence and mostly dull jargon."
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25 Quotes by DH Lawrence
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And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come over me, like a hood…
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I cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts…
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I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought better.
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Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings to soar and escape, if…
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