It Is Of The Essence

Man Lives, Not Directly Or Nakedly In Nature Like The Animals, But Within A Mythological Universe, A Body Of Assumptions And Beliefs Developed From His Existential Concerns.

Metaphors Of Unity And Integration Take Us Only So Far, Because They Are Derived From The Finiteness Of The Human Mind.

The Simplest Questions Are The Hardest To Answer.

The Simple Point Is That Literature Belongs To The World Man Constructs, Not To The World He Sees; To His Home, Not His Environment.

I Don't See How The Study Of Language And Literature Can Be Separated From The Question Of Free Speech, Which We All Know Is Fundamental To Our Society.