#LiteratureQuotes
“Meaningful literary criticism is not guided by a willingness to win but by the readiness to lose. Rigidity in a critic’s thought often mars the objectivity and hampers the act of criticism.”
~ Dr Alok Mishra
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20 Indian Women English Novelists You Must Read – A Journey Across Time, Identity, and Imagination
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“What does an author have, after all? Sword of words, shield of words, and an armer forged with the skills of using this sword against this shield and making sure nothing breaks, nothing stops, nothing happens, nothing appears like nothing is happening..”
Dr Alok Mishra
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“..literary critic is nothing more than an insecure person hiding his biases, beliefs, innuendos, ideology, and propaganda behind the mask of meticulously crafted, pedantic words, worth no more than the face value suggests..”
~ Dr Alok Mishra
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“Don’t beat about the bush, budding author. What exactly is bothering you? Put it down in a single sentence, with a clearly defined subject, verb and predicate – a pithy, legible statement. Begin from that point – expand and grow.”
~ Chaman Nahal
(Silent Life)
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