Contemporary Literature Quotes

• Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.

  Lafcadio Hearn

  Literature, West, Ethical

  Lafcadio Hearn (2012). “Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn”, p.150, tredition

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• The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

  Gertrude Stein

  Art, Differences, People

  Gertrude Stein (2012). “Ida: A Novel”, p.326, Yale University Press

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• Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society . . . loses the confidence of its own people, and its published works are used as wastepaper instead of being read.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Pain, People, Literature

  Open letter to the Fourth Soviet Writers' Congress (16 May 1967) as translated in "Solzhenitsyn: A Documentary Record" edited by Leopold Labedz, "The Struggle Intensifies", 1970.

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• People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely.

  Laura Miller

  People, Complaining, Literature

  "Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2013". www.salon.com. December 27, 2013.

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• I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come.

  John Green

  Opportunity, Long, Literature

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• Para juzgar la literatura contemporánea, la única prueba es el gusto personal. Si te gusta mucho un libro nuevo, debes llamarlo literatura aunque no encuentres otra alma que esté de acuerdo contigo, y si te disgusta un libro debes declarar que no es literatura aunque un millón de voces te griten que estás equivocado. La última decisión la tomará el Tiempo.

  Ford Madox Ford

  Libro, Voz, Juzgar

  Ford Madox Ford (1938). "La marcha de la literatura: From Confucius' Day to Our Own", p.11, Dalkey Archive Press

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• For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most useful.

  Alan Lightman

  Writing, Class, Trying

  Entrevista con Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. 16 de noviembre de 2000.

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• Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very strange books about places that don't exist...

  Adam Gopnik

  Book, Kids, Long

  "The Dragon's Egg" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. December 5, 2011.

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• Es un error absurdo incluir la literatura inglesa moderna en el plan de estudios. Deberías leer literatura contemporánea por placer o no leerla. No deberían enseñarte a hacer el mono con ella.

  Rebecca West

  Errores, Literatura, Monos

  "Rebecca West, El arte de la ficción nº 65". Entrevista con Marina Warner, The Paris Review, nº 79, www.theparisreview.org. Primavera de 1981.

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• Su ignorancia era tan notable como sus conocimientos. Parecía no saber casi nada de literatura, filosofía y política contemporáneas... Sin embargo, mi sorpresa alcanzó el clímax cuando descubrí que ignoraba la teoría copernicana y la composición del sistema solar.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Philosophy, Book, Ignorance

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.1316, GENERAL PRESS

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• Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.

  Michael N. Castle

  Creer, Luchar, Derechos

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