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Quote by Juan Goytisolo
In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century

In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. – Juan Goytisolo

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In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses societys feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. – Juan Goytisolo

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Faith
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When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts. – Juan Goytisolo

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architecture
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Juan Goytisolo
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Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country. – Juan Goytisolo

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respect
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I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way. – Carol Ann Duffy

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Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her. – David Lehman

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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. – Jean Cocteau

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Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say theyre saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. – Harry Mathews

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