Paraphrase, in the sense of summary, is as indispensable to the novel-critic as close analysis is to the … - David Lodge

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David Lodge

Paraphrase, in the sense of summary, is as indispensable to the novel-critic as close analysis is to the critic of lyric poetry. The natural deduction is that novels are paraphrasable whereas poems are not. But this is a false deduction because close analysis is itself a disguised form of paraphrase.

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to read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another, from one action to another, from one level of a text to another. The text unveils itself before us, but never allows itself to be possessed; and instead of trying to possess it we should take pleasure in its teasing

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Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

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To read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another

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Morris read through the letter. Was it a shade too fulsome? No, that was another law of academic life: it is impossible to be excessive in flattery of one's peers.

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Life, after all, should go forwards, not backwards.

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