Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious of the shortcomings and limitations of its critical habits than of those of its creative genius.


The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (ed. 1964)


Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious of the shortcomings and...

Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious of the shortcomings and...

Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious of the shortcomings and...

Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious of the shortcomings and...