Books Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Literature Theory
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure. — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
You can say that literature is about topics like love, death, and all that, but I think there is only one topic that applies… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
I think literary theory satisfied a deep love I have for big, encompassing narratives about the world and how it works - which are… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“Theory sometimes seems to me a way of taking revenge on literature—the critic masters the text and rewrites it in his own image, instead… — Adam Kirsch Copy Share Image
“The ambition of much of today's literary theory seems to be to find ways to read literature without imagination.” — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
I do not know whether to be delighted or outraged by the fact that Literary Theory: An Introduction was the subject of a study… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
No work of literature is the product of only one or two conscious ideas. A story is mysteriously dense of meaning. — Carol Bly Copy Share Image
Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
