Kingsley Amis Quote

We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.

"Phoenix Too Frequent" Critique of D. H. Lawrence - What Became of Jane Austen? And Other Questions (1970)

We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.

We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.

We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.

We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.