It has become a truism that literary analysis is the keenest ins… — Preface, Reason and Tradition, an unfinished manuscript, c. 1949-1950 [LAC) | The MMM

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It has become a truism that literary analysis is the keenest instrument we have for the exploration of human values.

Preface, Reason and Tradition, an unfinished manuscript, c. 1949-1950 [LAC)

Quote #3545

Year: 1949

Chapter: Literary Criticism

Compiled by William Kuhns
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