Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.


Ch. X (p. 351). - The Death of Tragedy (1961)

George Steiner Quotes

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.