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Irving Howe Quotes

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable Picture Quote #1

Good readers make much out of little Picture Quote #1

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality Picture Quote #1

The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature Picture Quote #1

One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the experience of those whose lives it wishes to improve Picture Quote #1

Taste speaks through a turn of phrase, a curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulder: it makes an atmosphere Picture Quote #1

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Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of poetry? The lyric does not seek meaning through extension, it accepts the enigmas of confinement. It strives for a rapid unity of impression, an experience rendered in its wink of immediacy. And so too with the short short Picture Quote #1

Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer’s claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We come upon a frenzy of words and suspect it hides a paucity of feeling Picture Quote #1

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The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable (Irving Howe Quotes) Good readers make much out of little (Irving Howe Quotes) Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality (Irving Howe Quotes) The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature (Irving Howe Quotes) One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the experience of those whose lives it wishes to improve (Irving Howe Quotes) Taste speaks through a turn of phrase, a curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulder: it makes an atmosphere (Irving Howe Quotes) Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of poetry? The lyric does not seek meaning through extension, it accepts the enigmas of confinement. It strives for a rapid unity of impression, an experience rendered in its wink of immediacy. And so too with the short short (Irving Howe Quotes) Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer’s claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We come upon a frenzy of words and suspect it hides a paucity of feeling (Irving Howe Quotes)