Literary Significance and Criticism
Stéphane Mallarmé referred to his Penses-tu réussir! as a modern version of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education.
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Famous quotes containing the words literary, significance and/or criticism:
“I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.”
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“The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.”
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