... metre, the classification of literary kinds, the examination and "proving" , as arms are proved, of literary means and weapons, not neglecting the observation of literary fashions and the like." George Saintsbury, A History of Criticism, P4. The other quote I like is this one: "Criticism is an attitude of mind, not simply a method of elucidation. It is what remains when literature itself ...

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