Quote of the day
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
David Daiches
Born: September 2, 1912
Died: July 15, 2005 (aged 92)
Bio: David Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and literary critic, scholar and writer. He wrote extensively on English literature, Scottish literature and Scottish culture.
Known for:
- A Critical History of English Literature (1979)
- Critical approaches to literature (1956)
- Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood (1956)
- God and the poets (1984)
- Let's Collect Scotch Whisky (1981)