Adventures of Wim - Literary Significance & Criticism

Literary Significance & Criticism

"Anarchic, hip, subversive and comic..." "One of my favorite reads of the year... Pure entertainment" "Zany, bizarre, inventive... often touching."

Read more about this topic:  Adventures Of Wim

Famous quotes containing the words literary, significance and/or criticism:

    Simile and Metaphor differ only in degree of stylistic refinement. The Simile, in which a comparison is made directly between two objects, belongs to an earlier stage of literary expression; it is the deliberate elaboration of a correspondence, often pursued for its own sake. But a Metaphor is the swift illumination of an equivalence. Two images, or an idea and an image, stand equal and opposite; clash together and respond significantly, surprising the reader with a sudden light.
    Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968)

    I am not afraid that I shall exaggerate the value and significance of life, but that I shall not be up to the occasion which it is.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he can divide.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)