Saturday, May 24, 2014

Критикът като творец

В миналото ние канонизирахме нашите герои. Днес ние ги опростачваме. Евтино издание на велика книга е радост, но евтино издание на велика личност е гадост.

--от “Критикът като творец” Май 1891

“Formerly we used to canonise our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.”
--from "The Critic as Artist" May 1891

“Formerly we used to canonise our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.”
--from "The Critic as Artist"

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