Which critic was of the opinion that "the greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by…
T. S. Eliot wrote this famous statement in the opening paragraph of his 1935 essay "Religion and Literature", arguing that while aesthetic and literary criteria determine…
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Which critic was of the opinion that "the greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards, though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards" ?
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T. S. Eliot wrote this famous statement in the opening paragraph of his 1935 essay "Religion and Literature", arguing that while aesthetic and literary criteria determine whether a work qualifies as literature, evaluating its ultimate greatness requires ethical and theological standards as well.
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