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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“I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.”
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“... criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.”
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