Quotes by Palmer, Vance

The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure me >>

The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats >>

It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries >>

Quotations about Literature

All literature is gossip. >>

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Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the le >>

The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things other than its own intrinsic quality; by a curiosity or lack of it about the people it deals with, their outlook, their way of life.

Palmer, Vance